Scraps to me wass anything that is oddly shaped that cannot be cut into at least a 2" square or a 1 1/2" strip. All smaller leftover pieces from finished quilts are re-sized into squares & strips and put in boxes marked as such. I have boxes that contain squares from 2" to 6 1/2" and strips are 1 1/2" & 2". Anything smaller than 2" was originally going into a 'get rid of' bag to pass on to a paper piecer. However, I am now doing the block of the month for my guild and have decided on houses. So now I find myself reaching into that bag. What is scraps? It's all relative.