Hey Red- I wish I knew the answer to the scrap question. My biggest influence on scraps, mercy me, has been my sister. She is very careful with her scraps and is making the world's most amazing scrap quilt. She started it long before Bonnie Hunter was a household word. She has scraps incorporated in this "thing" from every quilt she ever made. Many pieces are less than a inch square! Tiny triangles, even! This "thing" could drape over a small house it's gotten so big.