My wife and I have a decent stash, but we have a space to store it. Sometimes it seems like a burden, just because we have plans for a lot of it and no time to see them completed. The last few years we have been in "austerity" mode and had to almost completely stop buying any fabric. We miss the fun of the hunt, but it's nothing we can't live without. The stash has been a life saver for us because we have been able to complete several quilts but buy very little. I'd say if we had it to do over again our stash would consist of a lot more solids and blenders and less focus fabrics, but we would buy and maintain one.