I have any yardage (down to about 1/4 yd) in an old china cabinet to keep dust off it; all potential strings/strips go into a couple bags in the closet for next string quilt; a wire basket of solids only(those aren't small, most FQ size or larger) and then a plastic drawer storage container that holds scraps from 6" sq up to FQ size--but that recently was very depleted making 8 doz. face masks--I figured I used 21 yds total as I was making them for a medical center and they required 4 layers each.