This year I have decided to use up some of my scraps. I now have 3 queen size scrap tops completed just need to quilt them. All four of my kids will get one for Christmas and perhaps my 7 year old grandson too. I have some others in the works. A sister wants a crumb basket in greens and reds. I have the green baskets done. I also have a yellow tulip scrap quilt I'm working on. (Ran out of a variety of yellows for now so will do more of those blocks later.) I have an X's & O's in blues - just need to do a few more blocks to finish.
Non quilters really don't understand. My kids kind of do. Mostly they're glad I do something I enjoy. Hubby does not complain even though I use an entire room for sewing and storage.
Anyone who has had bad times financially in the past may understand better. They get using whatever you have available. I even use those tiny little pieces as mulch in my garden. What the birds don't use for nests gets tilled into the soil.