Secret sauce for cutting scraps into squares
I was awash in quilting fabric scraps until I read Joan Ford's book "Cut the Scraps". One weekend while watching TV I started in pressing them all and cutting them into Joan's prescribed squares: 2", 3.5" and 5". (If I have cement length scraps I keep them on a pants hanger and use them for preemie pad borders.) My pile of scraps dwindled rapidly and I now have three clear plastic shoe boxes I can dip into. The beauty of these specific sizes is this: They all go together making 4.5" blocks. Try it in your head or on paper... nine 2" squares make a 5" block. A 3.5" plus five 2" squares make another. These fit perfectly next to a 5" square.
I've made entire quilts from these squares. It's fun to start with a kiddie panel then select colors from the panel to make a pieced border. I can add squares with little faces and animals so it becomes something of an I-spy border. If you can develop the discipline to cut your scraps at the end of each project there will be no more bags and boxes of scraps. And no more scrap guilt!