Thanks for this discussion. I am new to scrap quilts and I save anything that can be cut into a 2.5" square. I cut scraps into 2.5" x 5.5" first for a coin quilt. Then I cut smaller into the 2.5" square. I am sorry to say most of the rest gets thrown out. I store large pieces in a garbage can and then cut when I want to. When I first started saving scraps, my DH saw I had a partly full garbage can in my sewing room and threw them all out!! He was doing a good thing collecting trash, but I think I hyperventilated when I saw my scrap can was empty!! Thanks to the thrift shops around here and a friend who gives me her scraps I have a full can again.