I had a bit of OCD before my accident in '08, and I'm sure that plays a part in all this:
I had a traumatic brain injury and took it upon myself to work my brain, test it, and what better way than with quilting related things?
The computer is in a place that I can see the tv, and be part of the family, so I sat here for hours on the internet, looking at photos and free directions for quilts. I was lucky, I retained my ability to look at a pic of a quilt and figure out how it's made 90% of the time
I ended up doing that for 5 years, and now have 20.8 GB of photos and 20.1 GB of directions. They are all organized, and I mean really organized, so that is where I get my patterns.
I guess it can be considered a 'stash of patterns!'