DON'T THROW AWAY ANYTHING OVER 1". I have made at least 60 quilt tops for the Quilts of Valor program, all from scraps---either my own or 'gifts' from fellow sewers. I have a basket full of scraps beside my sewing machine, to be turned into crumb squares at odd moments---like waiting for the clothes dryer to finish. Crumb squares can be used as a focus fabric in a star, set 4 together in a unit, set as a strippy, just about anyplace your imagination takes you. So if you do not want scraps cluttering up your space, I would love to relieve you of the burden! (My husband will think I'm off my rocker, for sure!) I would gladly pay the postage for a boxfull. I am in southern AZ for the winter, West Central MN in the summer, have a sewing room both places. Phyllis