Mostly, I don't cut my scraps until I'm ready to use since I don't know what I may want to use it for. If I do cut ahead, it is blades for a Dresden Plate or hexies for a GFG because they are a work in progress for me. I only throw away scraps that if I make a 1/4" seam on both sides there wouldn't be anything in between the seams (Like someone else said if you make it from scraps, it is free).