I've started cutting 2 1/4 inch strips and saving for making a rug that I have been seeing where you use jelly roll fabric strips to fold over then sew together. But if the strip would be shorter than 18" I put it in the dog beds (along with other small scraps of fabric that I can't use) I make for the animal shelter. They like them to be made with channels for the stuffing so that when they wash them the stuffing doesn't all settle together. I hope that makes sense.