Back when I thought a couple of boxes was a "lot" of fabric, I took out the ugliest pieces and made a bear/mountain applique quilt out of them. It was also one of my first quilts and I never would have believed I liked it so much and that it held up so well. That was 30 years ago and I have to admit that I have a few pieces now that are just as ugly but you never know when you might need a trout belly or some weird color combinations for today's patterns.