I was gifted lots of fabrics, but mostly small chunks under FQ size, a few years back. It was fun to get, but does take up a lot of room... I love quilting shops and we make some huge detours when on vacation just to check them out. I always try to buy at least 1 metre of fabric... so I collect with a theme idea each year. The last 2 years were the Row by Rows.... but a couple weeks ago I had to purchase fabric to keep adding borders to my peacock project. One fabric was $18.99/m and the other $20.99/m .... whew.... that's a lot of money, but hopefully the quilt will be worth it.
Long story.... short..... I guess I would choose not to have a stash if I was to start over....