If it's fabric that I fell in love with, I'll usually buy 2 yards.
If there's not much left on the bolt, I'll buy the entire bolt.
I've bought fabric, gone to use it later only to find out that I don't have enough and they don't sell the fabric ANYWHERE anymore.
I have a container that I put my fat quarters in. I have a bin that holds scraps of all sizes...I usually have to dig in that to find something I want.
Large pieces...over 2 yards are kept in one dresser and others, smaller one yard cuts are in another dresser.
My Christmas fabric is on a shelf of it own, along with seasonal fabric.
I tried to sort by color, but failed miserably at that, so I just stack it.
Pinning to the fabric won't hurt it...I just pulled a piece of fabric the other day, and honest to God, the label on it was dated 2006 and it was pinned. Can't see where I pulled the pin out.
Ok, now you are asking....why was the fabric in there so long? Did I forget about it? Yep! I forgot about it. Actually, it was in a bin off to the side that didn't get unpacked from our move.