I agree with others who suggest cutting up scraps a little at a time. The pieces do add up, and the scrap pile does diminish. Well, ok, maybe the scrap pile doesn't diminish. I'm not sure that's possible! Anyway, I take about 20 minutes before each sewing session to cut up scraps into the sizes I use most -- 2.5 inch squares, and 4.5 X 2.5 inch bricks. The bricks are useful for potato chips blocks, flying geese, or roofs on tiny houses. The 2.5 inch squares have many uses. I think it's also useful to cut 2.5 inch wide strips. These can be paired on top of another fabric and triangles can easily be cut as needed. I do also save very small pieces, so those go into a bin of crumbs. And if I think I'm running low on strings of a particular color, I will deliberately cut strings from scraps. I would rather make scrap quilts than anything . . . really must get back to the yardage in the totes one day!