I appreciate the concerns over prices going up, but here is my take on de-stashing. I have fabrics that I buy because I love them. Then I can find nothing that I like to go with them. Or I buy a cute children's print and no longer have anyone of that age to make anything for. I don't do scrappy. But I can't stand to throw the pieces away. So I store it and it gets enjoyed by no one unless it is a day when I just pull things out to touch them. Now that I have retired, I am being more realistic about what I will use and what will still be here when my home becomes my estate.
So I sell off the pieces that I know I won't be using, even though I still love them, in the hopes that they will give someone else joy. I am doing the same with patterns.