I have never bought fat quarters. I only buy yardage, usually 5-8 yards. I use to make only matchy, matchy quilts, I have been making scrappy using some of the leftovers I have, for log cabin type blocks. If I buy the end of bolts, there isn't always that much left, I buy it and use in the above blocks, unless I have enough matching fabrics to use in a particular quilt I have picked out.