Originally Posted by Butterflyblue
I like to use all of my scraps that I can, and after experimenting with crumb blocks and crazy-style piecing, I have decided that 1.5 inches square is about as small as I like to go.
I still save some of the smaller pieces in a jar - I hate to throw them out, and who knows, maybe sometime I'll find a use for them. I have in the past used small scraps for stuffing stuffed animals and pincushions.
Butterflyblue have you seen some of my tutorials? I use a 1 1/2" template to make lots of blocks with small pieces in them. The shortcut methods I use makes it so you can use the 1 1/2" and still have tiny piecing in those blocks.
Here is a link where you can find all my links.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-41557-1.htm