when my husband and i first married i had two under the mattress type boxes full of fabric i had bought 1 yard at a time.i would allow myself 20.00 a month for fabric.it went a lot farther in those days! but i can still get some small peices every month and then when someone is having a baby, i have the fabric right there and all i have to do is pick it out of my box! 30 years later i have a fabric cabinet made from a entertainment center i bought at auction and about 15 totes in my basement.i recently went to a garage sale where the only thing the older lady had who was running the sale was fabric.all of it quilter's fabric as she was downsizing.i bought everythink she had left for 250.00,i figure i got about 1500.00 worth as it came home in 8 plus garbage bags and two boxes.i still had to buy fabric for the last quilt-not al of it but some!