I've bought very few pre-cuts, and those only when I find them on sale. I'm attracted to fat quarters just visually, I think, and buy quite a few. But mostly I buy yardage, often just because I fall in love with it, having not the slightest idea how I'll use it. I did that when I made all my own clothes, too. I'm just a fabric junky, and sometimes fabric is like a piece of art -- I see it, love it, have to own it!