I started just buying enough for my projects. Than I started buying a little extra if I really like the fabric. Now I spend alot of time in the fabric store just looking at the fabric and touching it and if something calls to me I buy it. Sometimes a fat quarter, sometimes a yard or two. And if it really yells at me four or five yards. It accumulates quickly. And it never fails when I start a quilt from fabric in my stash I always need another piece of fabric to complete my quilt so its off to the fabric store and here I go again. :D :D