Which comes first - fabric or pattern?

I have a question to pose to all the quilters out there.... what 

 comes first for you?

Do you find gorgeous fabrics INSPIRE you to create and then you grab the pattern?

Or do intricate design patterns INSPIRE you to pull fabrics and then you create?

I found this fabric and fell in love. I didn't want to cut it at first.

For me, I think that it's the fabric that inspires the pattern. But wait...sometimes when I peruse blogs online I see patterns that just yell at me to pull fabrics from my stash. I don't know....laugh.

I put it to the interwebs: What comes first??

The fabric, or the pattern?

And of course. Like all my quilts, Muffin Approved.

Improv Scrap Blocks

So I didn't really work on what I was supposed to today... Well, I DID but then I got distracted....I ironed and cut and cut and did some work on the purple & green improv quilt.

But....Rita's post at Red Pepper Quilts kept buzzing around my head.

Everyday I start off readin' my emails, and the various quilt blogs I like, and the news posts, etc whilst enjoying my cofffeee. I like to read several dif bloggers that both inspire me and help keep the gears turning in my head.

So... pics below....are my OWN scrappy improv log cabins... because MY scrap bins were also overflowing and needed to be taken in hand. Now. All I need is a layout and to decide what colours to border and sash with....thoughts?