a bolt of white is always good to have around. you never know what pattern you would like to use it for. the same goes for black. but that being said you really should just build your stash "slowly" that way when you start to get a since of what you like in your quilts you can buy solids tonals and blenders accordingly. I bought 6 yards of white and I am almost out of it and this was over the summer. I wish that I had gotten 12 yards of it but could only get the 6 at the time. I got Kona white not sure which white I got but it was on sale. that was all that mattered.