I'm one of those who has "extra" blocks nearly every time I quilt. At the end of the year, I put them all together and make one quilt from all of the extras. I'm on my third quilt since winter began - and feel like I have accomplished more this year than in previous winters. There was a time it was all hand quilted - now I will machine quilt the top, and hand quilting continues. Just never quite mastered the machine quilting no matter how many tutorials I've watched.