I hate to tell you this but I made a scrappy quilt and I had a friend come and visit while I was making it. She said oh I wish I could make one. I told her I had an extra machine and plenty of scraps. She did not want to use my scraps. I dumped the tub on the bed...not nearly as big as your basket. We both sewed our quilts. I piled all the scraps back in the tub and guess what..you could not tell a piece was missing. Scraps are like rabbits, they just keep multiplying from no where. I do take scraps from anyone giving them away and have started a second tub. I figure when they multiply, I can have 2-3 people over to sew scrappys and there will be plenty. When I started my scrappy, some of the squares looked like someone had upchucked. But somehow all together, the play nicely and it came out as a "Scrap Happy" quilt.