Go to this website:
www.scrap-therapy. com/
I took a Scrap Therapy workshop at my LQS, since ...... like you ...... I was beginning to feel like my fabric stash was out of control! Basically, what you do is sort your stash by color value: dark, light medium. Any large pieces of fabric (like fat quarter size) are neatly folded and put into separate storage. I happen to use a pie safe for my FQs because the shelves are narrow and it works for me. Now the Scrap Therapy comes in: Scraps smaller than FQ size are then cut into 5", 3 1/2" and 2" squares and neatly placed in shoe box sized plastic bins, according to color value (See the photo on the website). I bought my plastic shoe box bins at the dollar store. These shoe boxes stack well and occupy little space. And you'll be surprized at how many fabric squares they hold, if you arrange the squares as shown in the photo. There are alot of patterns out that call for charm packs ...... well, guess what? You now have your own little stash of charm packs/pre cut5" square. Now, if you sew the 2" blocks into a four patch block, guess what? It will be a 3 1/2" block. You can alternate the four patch blocks with your pre-cut 3 1/2" squares and, voila, you'll have a beautiful scrappy quilt! Now, if you take those 2" squares and sew them into a nine patch block, guess what? You will end up with a 5" square. Again, you can alternate those nine patch blocks with your pre cut 5" squares and, voila, you'll have a wonderful scrappy quilt! I happen to love scrappy quilts, so this works well for me.