I, too, have more scraps than one can imagine - and those my mother had. Neither of us has ever thrown one away. ;-/ I finally sorted them using the plastic sleeves/tubes that newspapers, printed material come in. They are available in several sizes and I can roll up each fabric (or similar ones) put them in the plastic bags and store them in drawers or boxes or whatever, each in its own color family. When I need to did through the scraps for a piece, it is not quite the jumble as I had when trying to tie them in bundles. (Yes, I know plastic is bad but this really works well.)