I know not everyone prewashes, but I do. It is well known that I don't enjoy the ironing part... so this switch I'm making to do the "work" as soon as I come home really makes me think twice about adding fabric to my purchases. Is so easy when you are there and have to stand in line anyway, or on line and have to pay for shipping anyway, to add lovely things to our (hopefully equally lovely) necessary things. But I've learned to think about oof! the physical weight of it, the steps in the house, to the laundry, to the ironing board, to the proper totes... sigh... I still have some "unorganized" fabric but it's getting better all the time.
I've been using up some of the small bits of fabric in this latest Bonnie Hunter project. Last year when my favorite shop closed down I bought some bolts of fabric (yikes! I forget now but it was something like $15 for whatever was left on the bolt) but I was rather selective in what I chose. I'm using one of those fabrics for a minor amount of fabric on the top of the quilt, but also for the back and binding.
And for Happylab, welcome to the group
May I share this picture with you, a friend sent it to me in a care package.