I am newer to quilting but have sewn garments for years.
I am making my son a red white and black quilt. I wanted lots of variety in the fabrics (i guess this is a controlled scrappy?) and bought 1/2 to 1 metre pieces over about 18 months. I am finally working on his quilt.
DD told me she wants black white and grey. I have lots of black and white left over from ds quilt, so now I am buying interesting grey fabrics when I see them. I have bought 1 metre cuts each of 6 different prints over the last week.
I also bought 1 metre cuts of 4 different batiks which will end up in a fun beach quilt for me. Another scrappy.
I did buy 5 metres of Kona black for a charity project my Modern Quilt Guild is working on.