Because I also do applique work, I have for years saved and saved everything. Last year took a couple days and sorted by color and or kind, into gallon ziplock bags...that served me well when doing some scrape quilts. Now a dear friend have given me not one but two large 40 (?) gallon bags of her scrapes....with those I am going to cut into strips for my strip quilts, 1", 1-1/2", 2" and 2-1/2".... and throw them all into a box for my "String quilts" that I make for Project Linus, Local Homeless shelters and Camp Pendelton Hospital.......
The only scrapes that I do not save is something 'not worthy' of a quilt. And as with my fabric stash, I am sure they will outlive me.....and then they can go to Goodwill.
Do like the idea of using small think strips in the garden, had not thought of that before, good for tieing up my vines and the birds can pull threads