Choose your own adventure.

So, you have big pile of 4 1/2" squares left over from a long distant project and you realise these would be great utilised for a Christmas gift. Afterall, the colour choosing and cutting is already done for you!

Do you:
a) make a simple square patchwork which you could probably knock over in an afternoon, quickly crossing off one gift from your Christmas making list or...

b) let yourself dream a little too long about that hourglass block you've always wanted to play with and dive into chain piecing (all four sides),...

...cutting...

...pressing, piecing, pressing...

...trimming...

 
...and sewing, thereby adding an extra seven or so steps to your process and rendering your blocks even smaller than the original squares?

Well, of course I chose B! Though now I am wondering if I'm completely ridiculous. They are very cute blocks, though, don't you think?
What about you? a or b?