I'm a relative newcomer to the craft, but have found that for some reason, I cannot bring myself to throw away the offcuts - even to the small size of 1.75" x 1" scraps.
I've even kept ripped strips 'just in case'

How small are your scraps before you consider them of no further use??

Miniature quilts use tiny scraps, threads can be thrown outside for the birds to use in their nests so. . . . .

A lot of depends on just how frugal you want to be or how much you want to challenge yourself.

I am saving my tiny strips and torn strips to braid together and make mini braided rugs. Not sure what I am going to do with them after that - don't own a doll house to use them in, but maybe by the time I make a few an idea will come to me.
Tiny pieces also can be used to make book marks, greeting cards etc. I save them all.

They can always be used as coasters or trivets.

A friend saves those little tiny dog ears you snip off triangles and fills jars with them.

There's also a technique called snippets that uses tiny scraps.

Not being all that good with little pieces I save those for stuffing my pillows. They are always going flat lol.

Oh my the fabric can never be too small. Especially if we are talking cotton fabric. It is perfect at smaller sizes to use as stuffing or put it on a window ledge and let nature make a nest out of it.

Use those torn skinny strips to tie to gift bags. Really cute.

I only throw away the tiny, tiny strips(more or less, just strings). The small pieces I save and will make a crumb quilt, the tiny strips I save, because I have instructions for making fabric beads, which I'll also do someday, when I don't have anything else to do. LOL

If I can cut an inch strip out of it, I'll save it. I cut all my scraps into squares and strips and I have a box of 1" (as well as other sizes) that I'm going to make tiny log cabin blocks with. My friend made a wall hanging and bordered it with these 1" log cabin blocks and it's so cute!

My quilting instructor was making a wall hanging and ran out of fabric. She got in her garbage can and dug out all the trimmings that she'd had to do (some of them almost 1"but sewn to another fabric and cut at an angle) and incorporated them into the border---a few sewn together at a time---in a random fashion, they weren't in the same place on any side. The result was STUNNING!!! It looks very unique, extreme difficult and totally original. Me? I throw out anything less that 1" square. I don't do snippets, I don't do art quilts, I don't do the artsy fiber stuff and I've got so much fabric that I just don't want all that laying around. I have been keeping a stash of selveges though, I'd like to make a string quilt with them.

Mini braided rugs can be a coaster for your coffee cup or, if big enough, a trivet for hot containers on your table.

I would say if you are going to use the fabric for quilting or piecing projects, 1 inch would be easiest to handle. It will yield a 1/2 inch pieced piece. I am currently using 1/2 inch pieces in a quilt as you go project, but I am not piecing those, I am tacking them down with decorative stitches. If you can find alternative ways to use the scraps (as many have mentioned), then you can really save anything. But for piecing, 1 inch is probably good.

Cheers!
Rachel

Thank you,
I'm loath to admit how much this new craft is taking over. If i'm organised enough to start with, it may not take over so much - I think I know where I can store these for 'later'
Oh boy this is going to take over...It must be the scot ancestry in me that hates to waste any of this fabric...

Take anything you don't wan to keep in your stash and put in pillowcases. When about 2/3 full, sew the case closed and you have a doggie bed.

Just remember you paid the same price for the snippets that you paid for the yardage. I have used some pretty small pieces for table runners, pot holders, crumb blocks, bookmarks, postcards, belts, trivets, coasters, etc, etc. Sometimes small pieces can be just right for applique and you generally have a big variety after a while.

Two inches is my smallest. I know I won't use anything smaller.

I have a tub that gets anything smaller than a 2 in pc. These sm pieces sometimes really come in handy for applique also. Or stuffing for toys or whatever.

At $9 a yard an inch of fabric is worth a 25 cents. I save scraps to make mini's.

I am saving everything. The pieces 3/4" and larger can be used in little quilts. I have done doll house quilts with very tiny seams so even 1/2" pieces can be used for that. Selveges are being saved to do a tote bag, will be fusing them down and anchoring them with decorative stitches. Strips are sewn together and blocks cut out of them. Dog ears and snippets are placed under tulle with bits of thread and stitches done over it to hold them. I am a horrible pack rat and save everything. I use decorative canning jars to hold the little bits so when they are on the shelf they still look pretty. Good luck. I'd be happy to take any selveges or little pieces off folks' hands and pay the postage to get it to me if you have problems throwing them away and wasting them. Just send me a PM & I'll give you my address.
Wendy B