I use anything larger than about 1x1. I do tons of miniatures and use it. For orphan blocks I put them into totebags. If anyone has orphan blocks that they don't want - I'll be glad for them!

If you can't use it, give it to someone else. My friend does only rag quilts, and gives me scraps. I told her not to throw anything 2" square or larger away. She gives me leftover blocks, and even some pieces 1 yard long. I am using them happily. There are probably other quilters who would love to have some fabric help.

Not very good :lol: but I am trying to make quilts from my scraps this year.

I believe you are right when you said they expand to light ,I had A bunch of strips stuff in A LITTLE cardboard box and dumped them in plastic tub so I could get to them better for the string quilt and it filled the plastic tub. Got almost 2 quilt tops done and u can't see where i used any of them. I don't throw much away what don't go in to quilts go in to flannel bags for animal beds.

I've given a few boxes to some quilters here on the QB, but mostly take to the thrift store. I sent a large box (about 15 yds)to someone a while back - stating up front "I have a smoker in the house" I got a nasty note back complaining about the smell. She didn't feel she should have had to wash the stuff. Well it was free and I paid for the shipping too. So I just give to the thift store.

I toss the odd little bits that aren't big enough to do anything with OR if I have tons of the fabric, I may be a little more generous with tossing. Every other bit goes in the scrap bin.

I prefer to pass anything usable on to throwing it away - now if I can just find some suckers - um, I mean takers -

Our local garbage has indicated material must be thrown in trash, not recyclables, which means it goes to the dump and gets stuck in the ground to degrade over the next 100 years or so.

A local group got together and asked all seamstresses and companies still making things with material to donate anything they were paying to throw in the garbage. It resulted in some really good giveaways every month, and has kept a bunch of us happy with free fabric.

Please don't dump those odds and ends in the trash! Use them as stuffing if you are not going to need them and can't give them away. IMHO Thank you!

Depends on the size. The tiny stuff I pitch, the other goes into my "scrap" bucket.

I'm a keeper too. And now I have started saving the tiniest pieces to use for stuffing for the local animal shelter.