Well, I started out buying calicos, and now I really don't like them at all and don't use any of them anymore. I've always loved Batiks, but don't tend to use the ones that have lots of different colors in them. I love jewel tone fabrics and metallic gold.
I took a Hand Dyeing Class today, so who knows what direction I'll be going in next. One thing I found really neat was you can overdye storebought fabrics. So buy a black on white print, and dye it a new color, ( instead of the white area). I'm excited to try that, since there are lots of black on white prints out there.