I am also a string lover. My fabric width leftovers get cut into anything from 1.5" to 2.5" strips and are made into any size block that I want to work with at the time. Great scrap buster. Also cut irregular scraps into squares from 2" to 4" and grab and sew them together. Have one top finished and waiting to be quilted and I love it. BUT, my scraps are still multiplying. Ho Hum!