Hello and welcome....Moonpi is spot on with ideas. It's amazing what you can find "out there". I have even bought clothes (still with the price tag on!!!) from thrift stores, just to use the fabric...men's shirts in big sizes can be useful, as well as jeans and long skirts. Once you get started, you will get really good at spotting what you can get the most fabric out of (and save the buttons too). The ladies at one of our local thrift stores now know I am into quilts, so they frequently save everything in a big box so I can blissfully rummage away. So spread the word and go hunting for treasure!