LaurieJo if you sign up for 2 sets the 5 fqs can be the same 5 different ones in each set, or you can have 10 different fabrics and send any 5 to each of your partners. If you love them all you can get 10 different 1/2 yard cuts and make fqs from them and keep one of each and then put 5 in each package.
The 5 different are so a recipient gets 5 different ones in their set, but their set can be the same 5 your 2nd partner gets too. Sometimes I have to get a yard, and make 2 fqs and still have some for me too.
As it works out for me--this swap does not keep my stach at its present level, I almost always have to ger some to keep too. I'm not complaining about it either.
And I like that I get fabrics that I might not be able to get locally or that I might not have picked out.