Calla: My stash started when I was working and had more money than time. No I was never wealthy, just a frustrated quilter. I shopped the sales almost exclusively. Unlike Coopah and you, I almost never buy just a yard. Since the dream was always to make bed size quilts, which take almost nine yards a side I buy in 2, 3, and 4 yard increments thinking 4-5 color, 3 color and 2 color quilts. It is amazing how often I can pull a whole quilt easily out of my stash. The problem I'm having now is Coral is a color I have never been drawn to and a periwinkle is a color that I like so much that I constantly shop it to extinction in my stash. So ends my sad story.