Mostly I buy for a certain project, but within the last year my daughter found a bargain at a garage sale. Since she doesn't quilt, all of the cottons came to me. We started out with 6 large lawn and leaf trash bags, 2 of which were non-cottons that she kept, 1 bag was all flannel, mostly kid themed, 1 was yardage of good quality cotton, 1 was mostly fat quarters or larger, and 1 was scraps of all sizes. All of this for $40.00. It's taken me awhile to get it all organized as my sewing room was under construction, but just this week I was able to iron and cut into usable strips that bag of scraps. There is some scrappy quilts in my future!