I,too, am a collecter of quilting books and fabric. It all gets used in the long run but I have enough stuff bought up to keep me busy for years.Course when I was working, I didn't spend much time on my quilting and other projects But I still bought fabric and supplies to make things.Course now I'm retired I have all this nice fabric and things to use whenever I want.I have matching fabric bought to do up whole quilts. All I have to do is cut them out and sew them together.