How do you think those wonderful blocks like Disappearing 9 Patch and 4-to-9 Patch were figured out? I firmly believe someone had a bunch of blocks that didn't quite match up, so they cut the finished blocks again and came up with these creative blocks. If I had that many blocks completed, I would not rip them apart (but it is a hand project!), I would try to be creative in cutting them up to create something totally different. Of course, there is always starching and blocking each block. I'm so sorry this happened to you, especially at this time. It is frustrating to us everything this happens! (((((hugs)))))