I am a fairly new quilter so don't have much of a stash. I also have discovered I really don't enjoy picking fabric for a specific pattern or design - it took me well over an hour at the LQS to pick out a fairly small number of fabrics for a pattern I loved and I found it stressful. I would have much rather purchased a kit! So, I tend to buy pre-cut fabrics (typically layer cakes or a fat quarter bundle) that I really like then look for a pattern to go with them or just buy a kit if I like both the design and the fabrics. I tend to buy what I need rather than buy a bunch of fabric without knowing what I'm going to do with it.