i myself go to goodwill, and hit garage sales every chance i get thats how i have gotten 90% of my stash. plus when joann's has a 50% off sale i get my big amounts of fabric for projects i plan in the futher. I know its hard to imagine every having nearly half the material that you see some of these quilters have in there stash, but if you do like i have you will find that you have a nice stash before you know it. well good luck hope you get all the fabric you wish for.