I used to buy loads of fabric when I took a trip out side(lower 48).. we didn't have fabric stores ...no Wal-marts Joanns etc. I made nearly everything my 7 member family wore..(My husband said"You are the only person I know of who makes a shirt for a kid to wear to school before he goes to school that day" ) Times have changed! now I make quilts...My goal is to make each of my 21 grand children a quilt..with some extras added along the way..Was taking me 2 yrs to hand quilt each one..so I bought a Pfaff 1200 quilter last year and hope to get them all done in less time..not much of the older stash left but find myself adding or maybe multiplying when I have the money to spend..where ever I find good fabric! Maybe I'll make it before I am 120 years old! Love the QB!