Costumegirl, I was doing Carol Doak's 50 stars. They are 12" blocks and I shrunk them down to see just how small I could get. I really like working with the small pieces. I really enjoyed the 365 block challenge with all the 3" blocks. I think the "worst" had over 40 pieces.
that challenge is great for learning to deal with small pieces. The blocks start easy and get more complicated, but very few are actually hard. That challenge has been so popular, I think they are doing it again this year (third year).