I haven't bought a kit since the first year I started quilting, about 10 years ago. I absolutely love shopping for just the right fabrics for a quilt. However, I have bought a bit for my stash when local shops have gone out of business, and a friend gave me her stash of mostly fat quarters some years ago. So, I have quite a few, like hundreds, of short cuts, but not many larger pieces. This makes it hard to use only my stash, unless it's a totally scrappy quilt.