We are mostly women and you will find out that we all have different methods of dealing with scraps. I buy 1/4 cuts because that is what I will need and use. I keep my scraps that are wider than 1" in a drawer. The remaining them go into a trash can that I made my doggie beds from. I don't precut because I don't know what size I will need until I find a pattern and start pulling from my stash.