Thanks again for the encouragement and applause, everyone. :-)
Karamarie and Farmquilter - I have more novelty fabrics than I think I will ever use effectively... For now they all (mostly) fit into one box at least. See evidence attached.
Pbraun - basically my blocks are 12.5" - anything that goes evenly into 12 is doable, therefore - the .5 is added each time for seam allowances. After that, it's just about trying not to repeat too much. I'm much quicker than I used to be with the piecing - what takes the most time is having to fussy cut most of my motifs.