I don't have a lot to contribute but when you are working on a quilt don't give up on your stash. I treated myself to purchasing all the fabric for a large quilt for myself. It is a planned scrappy style. Got home started to make blocks and some of my choices just did not look well together in the block. Out to purchase a few substitutes. All the cuts were small less than a half yard. Final block was to be a soft orange, you know that "dreamcicle" orange. Well, yuck I chose nice fabric but colors that were too intense compared to the rest of the quilt. I REFUSED to buy more even if the cuts are small. Dove into my stash and buried in the pink fabric was a piece that was a little more salmon than pink and ta-da it works. So, end of story keep looking in your stash, your treasures and discover the perfect or nearly perfect piece for what you are working on. Be encouraged. It is there hiding from you.