I just have to hit every quilt shop I can find to check it out. If a particular piece of fabric speaks to me, I buy it. Maybe I'll just pick up a notion or a pattern, but I usually buy something. Last year while in Coos Bay, Oregon for my son's wedding, I purchased an Asian Tumbling Blocks kit. The sample quilt on the wall got my eye and the pre-cut fabrics were beautiful. I decided to make my son and his wife a 1st anniversary quilt with it, since I bought it in Coos Bay. I expect to have it out of the frame by Monday, (I hand quilt. Started in August, will finish this July) and then on to binding. It is a great reminder of my visit.