I have a pretty big stash. But I still buy pretty fabric. It sits out in piles in my sewing room, so I start using it, going to my stash to add fabrics. I think if I only worked from my stash, it would be harder for me to pull it all together. Unless it's reds and whites or blacks and whites, for instance. And I'm another one who bought and bought while working thinking I'd use all of that after retirement. It hasn't worked out that way.