When I just want to sew, that's when I sew blocks together or strips, to make a scrappy. I'm still working on using up scraps I cut up in 2011, January. I'm finishing up my 4" blocks, making scrappy quilts. It gets me on the machine and sewing. I'm loving it. So far I've put together several more tops. I need to stop though, and get busy doing some more quilting.