I was the one who made this suggestion. It originally came as a suggestion from JABA when this issue was discussed years ago. She’s the one who suggested 13x13. Her quilts always looked a bit more cohesive than mine, still like a sampler quilt but more pleasing to the eye. As Jaba pointed out It also opened up a lot of choices in blocks, especially for those doing applique.
It might possibly cause $10 extra shipping when Janice sends the initial fabric out to us, for those who were doing both the two month and three month group.. I don’t recall a problem if you were only in one group. Not everyone chose to put in that big a piece of fabric. I’m not sure if there was actually a problem with this for the two set people or not.
The return bags remain the same; 19 blocks for each group of 2 month or 3 month. I do think this was a reasonable cost to make more beautiful quilts but I rarely if ever do two groups so I wouldn’t be affected. I would hate to have that extra $10 keep someone from doing two groups if they wanted to.
Anyway, just my thoughts.