As to using lace ect, I'm another one that started collecting for a crazy quilt quite a while ago. I'm about half way done with it now - have not worked on it for about a year . . . However I've collected enough "stuff" for 10- 15 quilts! I seem to do that, get into a collecting mode and don't know when to stop!
I'm getting close to starting on my Delilah quilt. I've got a lot of KF fat quarters I plan on using for that one.