My two sisters and I have always spent a good portion of our quilting time doing it together. Back in the late 60's/70's when it was difficult to find 100% cotton, my younger sister and I went anywhere we could find cotton fabric. We would buy at least 10 yards of something we liked and sometimes to entire bolt because we knew we might never see that fabric again. I could probably still dig out some of those old fabrics from my scrap baskets. Now of course I've fallen in love with the pre-cuts because the variety is so lovely to look at & feel.