When I started quilting, I didn't have any cotton yardage because I had only done clothing and home decorating. I had to go out and spend the time and money looking for cottons that appealed to me to do a project. Sometimes I found FQ's (and later decided that they weren't worth the money) but mostly bought 1/2 yd to 3 yds of fabrics. I also found that in a very short time I had built up a closet full of fabric (stash) without a project in mind and now am trying to work it down and away. I did fall in love with batiks and bought jelly rolls and yardage. I have since (thanks to this wonderful board) discovered Connecting Threads and MSQ and have bought precuts, templates, and thread from them but, still when they are only on sale.......love the MSQ daily deals. I only bought yardage that was on sale or that I had coupons for from JA or Hancocks and never for more than $5.00 a yd. I do love getting a complete line in the precuts now because I could spend so much time and money trying to do the same thing in yardage.
Jinnie