It is a radical decision to actually use one's scraps. For the past few years I have shipped them off to people here and to my sister that belongs to a guild and several of the ladies love to make string quilts and always asking for scraps. I have bought a several jelly rolls and discovered I didn't like the jelly roll race outcome. So I am like Dunster, I prefer not to cut them before I have an idea for the quilt in mind because there is nothing more frustrating finding I am short on a specific fabric.