When I first started quilting i would buy a couple of yards of each fabric. Fast forward 15 or so years and my tastes have changed a lot as well as the kind of quilts I make. I destashed much of that fabric and now buy fat quarters or half yards. I like controlled scrappy and tend to put 90+ prints in a lap size quilt. I have a local warehouse type fabric store where I can buy designer quilt fabric for $4/yard. I do find good fabric occasionally at local thrift stores. Recently bought 17 yards of Moda, Robert Kauffman, Riley Blake etc at Goodwill for $1.87/yard. Guess someone else was destashing. I like thrift store sheets for backing as well. My new fabric stash doesn't fill 1 bookshelf but I have a couple of hundred prints. My vintage sheet stash is a different story...