Funny, l've gone a bit the ''other'' way,lol. l used to have a very narrow criteria for fabrics that l would purchase( hey, we're on a budget...no spending on weird things, right?) BUT, then l once joined a fat quarter swap...weird stuff showed up. Then l took part in a row by row quilt with 8 others...wow! whata variety of techniques & colour pallets! So some of my ''weird'' stash really fit in. l learned to stretch my self ( quilting wise). l now make more fun and whimsical things..anything goes. Purple dogs, checkered trucks...my grandkids and l'm sure the young hospital patients the project Linus supplies, all love it!