I agree with the tone on tone. For me it would be hard to buy too large of an amount but I did find this wonderful white on white with holly leaves so bought a lot - not sure but I think I bought about 10 yards because I like to make Christmas quilts. I bought a lot of flannels when it was on sale for $1.00 a yard at Joann's a few years ago - and have given a lot of it away because it was sitting there and just was never quite right for what I was making. So think of what you do make and go from there.