I enjoyed shopping for my stash when I had an LQS nearby. Not a lot of fabric, but a piece here and there that really appealed to me. Now that I have no LQS to shop in, I just buy fabric on line for the quilt I'm working on. I don't have room for a large stash. I did make one scrap quilt entirely from my stash, and that was kind of thrilling, but other than that, I've never been able to just go to my stash and pull all the fabric needed for a quilt; I've always had to buy additional fabric for specific quilts. I have been able to substitute a stash fabric for one that isn't working, rather than having to wait and buy something, and that is a good feeling. I don't find it too worrisome to think of my children disposing of my stash, because there are so many groups that would appreciate fabric donations.