I buy fabric if I love it regardless ...if i don;t have a use now I will later ;). ...........i also get a ton donated.. ..people know how many quilts I do . and it just comes in. I use what i can and I donate the rest some to senior centres.. where the gals are sewing. I get new fabric at garage sales do you know how many fabric collectors are out there?// The tags are still on it !! I don't have much * stash as you can see from my pictures.. but I do use my fabric. ..not store it. I recently helped an elderly lady by taking a lot of her stash and most was years old i had to toss most. ( later after I thanked her for it and the rest went to thrift store. just had a odor of old fabric.:( but she was so grateful as she had an entire bedroom floor to ceiling to get rid of and she just couldn't toss it.. ( I could ) she would call me every couple of days and i would haul bags out for her. Some was reusable. most was not.