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When I'm doing scraps, I mix everything up in a box as if I was folding batter, making sure that pieces cut in layers get separated. Then I take small handfuls to use as 'piles'. Grab one scrap from your original big group and match it with pile #1, big group- pile #2, etc. when one pile is empty I make a new pile that moves to the back of the pile line. Hope I explained this well enough
This is pretty much what I do too. I just match 2 that are a combo I like. Then when making foursies, set 2 pairs that I like together and sew them. Eventually they all get used up. And blocks that look ugly really do get transformed when they become a part of the whole. I REALLY have to remind myself of that.