I too am deciding the same thing. I have never made anything up until recently that I didn't have to either go out and buy more fabric of the same kind or go out and buy backing. Now that I have decided to buy no more. I find I can make do with what I have, if I don't have enough I don't make it any bigger. So hopefully it will get smaller although I am not sure. I used up quite a few pieces recently and it didn't even make a dent. So go figure. Gee whiz.