I wanted to say thank you to everyone for this thread. I only started quilting about 2 years ago and thanks to three sisters inherited a huge instant stash boxes and boxes of it. But I kept buying fabric even though I already felt overwhelmed by all the stash I was given. Most of it was not really to my particular taste but will be used for scrappy quilts I learned if you don't like it cut it smaller! Lately I have been buying way to much as in this stash there is almost no solids, lights or background fabric, but while there buying I was still adding focal pieces. After taking three days to read thru here this weekend I decided I need to jump on this wagon cause I too am tired of being run over by it. Keeping this thread in mind when I went to the quilt show this weekend I bought nothing!