To get scraps, I just buy fabrics I like. IF I really am nuts about it, and think it would be a nice border, I buy 3 yards (on sale of course :roll: )
Then just start whacking at the fabric, using this and that. A mix of whatever. even my applique fabric were unplanned buys.
In 1965 there were not quilt shops like today. I actually bought from the Sears catalog during my first few years! Ventured out into fabric shops, went through trying the poly/cotton blends (yuckie) and then quilt shops came along. The rest - like they say - is history. But if I see a good fabric, regardless of where it is, I do try to buy it. Perhaps we all do that.
Julie