I have three dressers in the shed, four huge tubs in the house and a bookshelf in my sewing room full of fabric. I go by color, type of material, then whatever I pawed through last! I volunteer at a thrift shop, so whenever they get ANY kind of cotton material I bring it home! Any material I bought for a project goes in a cloth bag with the pattern for the quilt. Fortunatley my husband never complains! (he collects miniatures for a war game, lol) Chantel