When I learned to quilt the instructor said to buy 2 or 3 yards, back then I was only making lap quilts so that was sufficient yardage. Now I like to make much larger quilts and if I see a good buy on background fabrics (creams, light beige, etc.) I am more likely to buy 4 or 5 yards. I also buy per project but right now I'm concentrating on using my stash and the only fabrics I've bought in many months is a several yards of creamy Moda muslin that is 120" wide and cost under $8 per yd. A one yd cut of it gives me 3 yds of fabric for under $8 - can't beat that. I also picked up some great blue fabric that reads like a solid to use for scrappy quilt sashing. This was also way below regular price.
When I began to quilt I fell in love with a scrappy quilt in cream and blues but thought I would never have a stash big enough to make a really scrappy quilt. Little did I know that between buying remanets and leftovers from projects I soon would have almost too many different blue and cream fabrics to make the quilt I fell in love with plus tons more for future quilts.
So you see everyone has a different way to build their stash and boy do we work hard at it, LOL!.
Last edited by May in Jersey; 08-19-2012 at 02:54 PM.