My first several scrap quilts, regardless of pattern, all looked similar because the same pile of mixed scraps were being used. Later I boxed all my scraps by color families ~ red/pink, blues, greens, blacks/grays, purples, yellow/orange/browns, whites/beiges, etc. I began crazy piecing from the beige/white box, then I did the same from the blacks. In essence I created new fabric that I either cut in strips, squares or triangles to be used as needed. I've made many quilts and wall hangings just from those two boxes and my last effort was using the purples. My goal is to work my way through all the scrap boxes one color at a time eventually. The fabric is great as backgrounds or filler blocks for other projects.