I too have learned to try a new block or technique using scraps. I hate wasting good fabric on things that don't work, need tweeking or that I don't enjoy doing. I am drawn to scraps--using up what someone else would probably toss out. Maybe it's in my blood--both my parents lived thru the dirty 30's--or maybe it's my small way of reducing waste in my home. Scraps make me work my brain and I think that is a good thing.