When a friend took me to a wholesale fabric warehouse, I could buy a 5 yard flat fold or a bolt. I got a green depression solid bolt, a colonial blue solid bolt, a rose batik bolt, and the rest were 5 yard pieces. I am still using them for tops. The price was just so good. If I had been doing my charity quilts at the time, I would have bought a girl and a boy print in bolt sizes. (two years ago the wholesale price was less than $2 per yard except for the batik which was around $3.50 per yard.)
Recently a fabric store went out of business and I bought the rest of three large bolts. 60% off LQS quality was too good to pass up and I had brought the blocks that needed the fabric. So I have background or backs for these three and I love the fabrics so the leftovers will go in a quilt.
This is really rare for me since I love scrappy quilts but the prices were just too good to pass up.