Many people are saying they throw sewing machine needles away. What? They are perfect on my quilt board, when hanging quilts. So much sturdier than regular pins. I toss tiny scraps, bad thread, ugly fabric (although Bonnie Hunter says you just haven't cut it small enough?). I had apiece of fabric in my collection - (yes it is a collection (good bad or indifferent, it's mine) I thought it was the ugliest stuff ever. Then I saw it as the focus fabric on a book cover. I had laugh.