Hi Susan,
welcome back! I remember you.
I like to to make quilts that are large lap size, twin, or full size. I personally look for more intermediate to advanced patterns. With that said, I find that I'm not buying many patterns anymore because I am like you in that I can find blocks that I can design a quilt around. I like to see interesting secondary designs created by value and color placement.
There are so many different preferences that it still may be hard for you to "crack the code", even if you get a thousand responses.
Half of quilters use pre-cuts; half don't see them as a good enough value and like to cut what they need from yardage.