Finances dictated I buy inexpensive fabric when I first started quilting, but I was able to find enough to make quilts that look less scrappy. I am also sewing fabric to adding machine tape and strips and strings, but haven't put together a quilt, yet, still experimenting. Playing with coffee filter also. Have a ton of strips 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/2...really need to pull my strips out and make a quilt top with them. It's kind of mindless to sit in front of the TV on the floor and cut strips!