Originally Posted by quilt3311
You can cut these small scraps into confetti. Just lay on cutting mat and run over and over with your rotary cutter. If you keep the colors separate, you can sketch out a nature scene or something else, sprinkle the colors in the proper places. (browns for a tree trunks--greens for leaves--etc) Then lay net over the top and actually stitch the whole thing down. There is a Japanese lady that makes beautiful quilts this way, sorry but I can't remember her name right now.
I have seen those and have a book on how to do that. I don't know what in the world I was thinking when I bought that book! I must have been in La-La land or something. I have enough trouble getting plain blocks pieced. And as for scraps I like all those great ideas for pet beds etc. But for me to have another bin or basket to trip over to keep the scraps in, well it just won't happen. I have waste baskets all over the place and still can't seem to hit them.