I don't save scraps and never will. I don't have the room for them and if I kept them I feel the pile would make me feel like I have to use them. I don't do appliqué so I simply don't need them. I always have big ideas and aspirations for making quilts. They don't always get made because we travel a lot. I also have a tendency to be a little lax in putting things away and it doesn't take long to have a mess that makes it impossible to work in.