I don't cut any of the leftover fabric until I'm ready to use it. I'm the scrap quilt QUEEN...I make more scrappy ones than I do any other. Dresden Plate is also my favorite block....wonder if the reason I like it so well is because my scraps make such beautiful Plates. I have them sorted by size of squares and by strip sizes. iike flowers in God's garden, all scraps "fit" in a quilt. Colorr just makes the piece look like flowers in God's garden.