Originally Posted by JPCQuilts
I don't think it's weird. :) Some might think what I do is weird, tho: My snippets of thread (100% cotton) and too-tiny-too-use fabrics scraps go in my compost piles! Sometimes the birds take the thread and scraps so I've started leaving some on top of the piles for them to use. It eventually composts down, doesn't take too long.
Don't leave scraps for birds. It can kill them and especially the babies. I just throw the snippets out. Edie