I have a good sized stash and always buy on sale from Hobby Lobby or the LQS or my favorite place… dead quilters’ sales. I hit a poorly advertised one last summer and came away with fabric bundles from the LQS or kits for 17 quilts! If I had paid full price, it would’ve been $1500+ of fabric and I paid $25. I went back the following weekend and spent $2 on patterns that I sold on eBay for $60.
I also love scrappy quilts and don’t mind a pieced back. Part of the fun of quilting is mixing and matching my stash to make something beautiful.