I have my scraps in bags, when I get around to cutting them, I start with the largest size for the scrap, but no bigger than 10", then work my way down to 1 1/2", smaller than that, I put into another bag OR cut into confetti sized pieces and have sorted by colors, since one of these days I want to do a confetti quilt and have already got a good sized start on colors. I also cut strips 4 1/2" and down to 1 1/2", then once I have a box full I send to a friend of mine that doesn't have a lot of money, and she's so thrilled to get them OR I give several bags of just scraps to a friend of mine, when I meet her on my way to Fresno.