Just give in to the scraps and don't beat yourself up over it. As one who knows the addictiveness of scrap quilting, I say 'go for it'! The other projects will still be waiting for you when (if) you get tired of the scraps.

If scrap quilting is fun for you, do what's fun!

I just finished a Bonnie Hunter Spider Web quilt that used a LOT of strings. I thought I would never get tired of strings - but I did. So I just filled a computer paper size box and gave them to a friend. Now I'm starting to create more scraps. But at least I will have new strings to work with. It was so freeing to get them out of the house.