I had an entire large tote full of scrap pieces and orphan blocks....way too many and no coherent thought process concerning them....decided to do something with them.....the orphan blocks put all together in a pile for use in scrappy utility quilts, nothing organized, just sew them together adding strips if necessary....makes for a wild quilt top, but the kids and grandkids love em....started on the larger pieces of scraps first (anything under 1/2 yard) and cut 10" squares, then worked my way down, 8"-6"-5", then 2.5" and 1.5" strips.....anything left was tossed as too small for me to use....I think it took me several days, but I had a huge pile of squares in various sizes and lots of strips....lots to work with and I felt so much better....will never let my scraps get out of hand again!