It's also called stash-busting.
I have a huge stash of quilt fabric from the 80's & 90's, when I first quilted. (Gave up quilting for about 12-15 years) I mean huge. I have a storage unit 5x10x9' ceilings. FULL to the ceiling. My basement (it is a 1 room basement 12x14 or so) at least 50 boxes. my sewing room 7x12 has a goat path & a large clear sewing area on my 30x60 desk. Stacked nearly to 10' ceiling. my living room has 3 huge bins 2'x2'x4' full of quilt fabric.
all told, easily the equivilant of 250-300 18 gal rubbermaid totes. :shock: What do you reckon that is in yards??? whew.
I was working my fabric for the 1.5 summer stamp swap. I started cutting strips. Once I had a piece of fabric squared up for the 1.5 strips, I just kept going with my June Taylor (slotted) shape cutter until the piece was GONE. I cut inches from 1-2 yards (first number is how many, 2nd is inches) 3, 1.5 for the swaps I was swapping 66 sets of 50, and 2 or 3 more for the strip stash, 3, 2.5; 4, 2; 3-5, 2.5; 3-5, 3; 2-3, 4; 1-2, 5; 1 5.5; 1-2, 6. And that pc of fabric is all stripped. Don't check my math, that was the ratios I was going for.
I love strips, but boggle at the prices for jelly rolls.
I love the scrappy look, but have never done one. I don't throw out scraps, but they are all over the place in different bins. Soon, I will be able to.