I just started quilting this year & have not figure out why quilters have a stash. I can see a stash of leftover material from a previous project but why do quilters buy material just because they like it & have no idea what they are going to use it for. Does a stash ever go down or does it just keep growing? It seems to me that having a stash is a waste of money. Planning your projects & buying on sale seems more ecomincal