I find that cleaning my sewing room and reorganizing my stash does wonders...I always find many, many fabrics that I totally forgot that I have. I also love making scrappy quilts now....I hate waste so one of my problems was having tons of scraps...I like theme quilts so found it hard to use them in scrap quilts if I did not want them to be a theme...so now I am cutting the pieces into postage size and will be making a postage stamp quilt...when ever is not big enough for 2 1/2 inch square I am now throwing it out...even though I know if could be used for something else..I need to get control of the scraps....also I am trying to use up my scraps - do a scrappy quilt after every quilt I make...stay out of stores - beeline to just what I need and do not look at the clearance or sale areas...its not a bargin if I do not need it. I also found that one of the best places for fabric is my closet...and the hubbys...he has lots of 100 percent cotton dress shirts.