I tend to pick up printed collections when a FQ pack calls my name. If I pick it up three times, it's mine. Then I purchase a back fabric out of the collection (which is usually there somewhere). I make throw size quilt out of it. After that, if I'm sick of the patterns, it's the free table but if I like the patterns still, it's in a giant zip lock for placemats or something small. I almost always add a neutral solid to the line so there is plenty of "stretch room".