I think I have been stashing incorrectly!! After reading this board for a few weeks, I have definitely learned a lot.
My scrap bag is full of really small odds and ends and I keep all other material together, folded neatly and stacked by color in a cabinet....so far so good! But I now think that a lot of my "stash" pieces truly belong in the scrap bag to be used in a scrap quilt. These pieces are not big enough to be a power player in a quilt. So I have decided my immediate project will be to pull out these pieces and do a few scrap quilts. Maybe my stash will not seem so overwhelming to me. I also have lots of great Theme pieces but not much to go along with them. Hummm, maybe a need to do some shopping!