DH uses the scraps and makes "new" fabric for me by paper piecing/ string quilting on adding machine paper. I got one small tub with scraps that he sews from. It is the only quilting he does. He is a wood worker but often around 9 pm he will come sit with me in my studio and do his paper piecing on adding machine paper.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-56940-1.htm
Here is the tute we got the idea from.