Like many of you I'm on a tight budget, so I always wait for the February sale -£2/m last year - in one of our LQS'. If I haven't got a project in mind I buy in 5m lengths which will make backing if nothing else, then I buy "my colours" so that later stash shopping will be successful. Sometimes the owner puts jelly rolls in the sale and last year I bought 2 that were twice reduced and so a bargain. I'm also a charity shopper - I love those shops! Summer shirts, skirts and dresses yield metres of fabric. None of my quilts have up to date colours or this year's designs but then nor do my clothes - never pay full price for them either.