I ran across a fantastic sale at a quilt shop, and they had bolts of fabric for $3.99/yd. There was nothing wrong with the fabric, they were just making room for new fabric. I was fortunate to have a budget at the time, and I bought 2 or 3 6-8 yd. pieces for backing, especially for the queen quilts I made back then for my church's raffle quilt at their annual Harvest Fair. However, one particular piece of fabric decided that it wanted to be front and center instead of a backing, and I made a queen size quilt in a Jacob's Ladder pattern, and the green/mauve hydrangea pattern made a spectacular quilt. Some of you may agree that fabrics can talk to you, at least they do for me. Unless I'm buying backing fabric, I will buy 2-3 yards of the fabric that just has to go home with me, if budget allows. Hope this helps somewhat.