I am doing the quilt in the new year swap. You are paired with a partner who would like to make a similar item. I personally thought it would be interesting to request a 12" block in 30's (or similar)-their choice and at the end of the year, I would have a variety blocks to put together in a quilt. I also requested a scrap of the swap block to be able to do a border with all blocks represented. I personally am not expecting the "perfect" block. If someone was willing to make one for me-that made it perfect for me. Some comments came across as not thinking anyone could match their surpurb quality of work expectations and thus render anything useless-somehow your high standards would somehow be compromised-how sad.