ok...
I may be insane admitting this....
have made a 5 inch (finished) test pineapple quilt block
the pieces finish as half an inch wide :shock:
I don't usually keep pieces less than an inch square
but I have three buckets on my cutting table...strips, 1.5 inch wide strips and 2 inch strips
there's also a tin for the scraps that end up in the school art room