My "stash" is more earmarked. I have a tendancy to buy what I need for a specific project so when storing it, I have less of stash sorted by colors and more of stuff put together like kits. I buy it because I find a particular fabric that I really want to see made into a particular pattern. When it's time to start something new - I usually just go to my cupboard and pick the next project from what I call my stash. If I ever get snowed in for a week or so (sometimes I WISH that would happen!) I'd have plenty to keep me busy without running out of something to do.