Well, you want to keep the LQS in business, and you want to make a quilt for FIL, so this is a perfect time to do both. As far as I'm concerned, you get an exemption, since you know what you are doing with the fabric you buy. It's when we go into a store without an idea in mind, that we get in trouble. I have a 20% off coupon that needs to be used, but I don't have a thought of what I would buy, so am saving it for a while. I will start formulating ideas after New Years, so then the coupon may come in handy. Any fabric I buy will have to fit into the stash so I can use stash along with a new purchase.