I have bought jelly rolls a few times and like the fact there are ten different fabrics although occasionally one or two may not be cut as accurately as I would like. Another way to obtain a wider variety is to have a strip exchange. One of the bees I belong to decided to do a 2 inch strip exchange. Every month we would give each member three strips: one each of light, medium, and dark. Any color was acceptable but all fabrics were civil war era. We each ended up with enough strips to make two quilts. We are all in the process of completing our quilts for a quilt show. The quilts are different designs. We did purchase additional fabrics for back grounds or borders but the majority of fabric used is from our strips. It was a great idea and it's amazing how different each quilt is. There are nine of us in the group so each month we each needed to purchase three half a yards of fabric to share. A great way to have a huge variety.