Small scraps, great for applique, I keep them all, being on a tight budget also. I think with all the great ideas on this thread, so should you!

I have a suggestion that you may find helpful if you sew anything else besides quilts such as cushions or stuffed animals. I always save all my little scraps of fabric and pieces of thread in a bag or box and then when I've made something that needs stuffing I'll use them with the stuffing. Keeps it from being wasted and comes in handy if you happen to be out of stuffing. They could also work for crazy quilts if you have that much patience. I would use bigger pieces because ones that small would drive me crazy, but if it works for you, by all means give it a try. Anything that would save a few pennies here and there :)

put them and all other scraps in a piece of fab ric about the size of a pillowcase and when it is 3/4 full, serge it closed and give it to the homeless animals for a bed.

Please save them for the ped beds - find someone who makes these if you don't want to. Every little bit helps.

Crumbs. You could also save them for stuffing, I saved all my too tinies and made a dog bed for my furrygrandson, he loves it. I added some cedar chips to it to keep the fleas down.

Your ornaments are adorable. What a great idea to use up those bits and pieces from larger projects.

Trash to me also!

I put those in a box and use them for fabric postcards. I fuse them to a postcard size piece of thick interfacing and free motion stitch over them. Or use those pretty decorative stitches on your machine that you never get to use. My friends love getting them as thank you notes in the mail. :) :) :)

I have hard time throwing away the little scraps also but sometimes you just have to.

If you don't think you would definately use them for something, put them in the trash.

I would trash most of them. However, I saw a clear Christmas tree ball ornament where the person took the hanger out and stuffed in some pretty colored tiny scraps and replaced the hanger. Makes a nice little momentum at Christmas for someone who quilts.

IMHO I would consider them trash...

Crumbs. But I save tons of those little things and have never made anything with them. You could start a new trend. All those little pieces sewn together make a bigger piece for a crazy log cabin or something.

Your quilts are lovely. I like landscape quilts and I agree you would be amazed at what small scraps that can be used...

I think everyone should do that! Bless you! They make nice pet beds. I love to see "trash" put to a good use. I know those animals appreciate them

Check out her quilts and you may think that those are perfectly usable pieces of fabric.

http://www.susancarlson.com/Quilts/Quilts.html

I've been stuffing them in an empty round coke bottles for Christmas decorations next year.

I've been stuffing them in an empty round coke bottles for Christmas decorations next year.

those are absolutely incredible...

True story: I found a can full of--and labeled--Bent and Rusty Nails in my dad's garage after he passed away.

Trash. I save 2.5" x 2.5" as my smallest pieces. Look into the program called Scrap Therapy as they teach you waht sizes to save and how to make scrap quilts from the pieces.

I would most likely throw them away unless I wanted to make a pet pillow and possibly use them as stuffing. Might be fun to play with them and try some of the artsy quilt stuff - like the fabric postcards, etc.

If you want to do some raw edge applique, scraps that size can be surprisingly uselful. I keep a shoe box for bits that size and it's amazing how often you search through them.

I was cutting 1/4" wide strips for some fusing last year, but these are really too small to save, in my opinion.

At least 3 of the white are trash, the blue has possibilities. I do paper piecing & some areas are pretty small. Think about what would be left after seam allowances are taken up.

great for crumb blocks and scrappy look for recycling empty containers with decopage also for some smaller pieces for paper piecing especially minis

I went to a baby shower on Sunday and one lady made a quilt then used tiny pieces like these on the front of a blank card and stitched over them to cordinate with the blanket. Was very artistic.

Sorry but those are just too small for me.

Trash :-D

Saw this in August, I love the idea - there are no small pieces when you can do things like this:

http://static.quiltingboard.com/uplo...icsmallpic.pdf

If this link pasted into your browser doesn't work, search for a tutorial titled "Fabric from the Garbage Can". I've been keeping a small trash can ever since I saw it. I don't keep selvage fabric though, but will start now to give for pet beds.

I figure even if I throw it out, I'm still responsible for it. I put emissions into the air to acquire it, used electricity (more emissions) for prewashing, ironing and making something with it, and all the little pieces will break down some day but not until the plastic trash bag I threw them into breaks down. I can't wait to see what I can create with a trash can full o' scraps.

More along the trash size, the seam allowance is bigger than a couple of those pieces.

To me, the 3 smallest are trash, but the others are crumbs. Those I would save and pass on to someone on the board who would want them. I have a crumb container and when it gets full, I post it in the pay it forward and away it goes. I personally would not use them, but I'm glad someone does.

I'll use anything 1inx1in and bigger.. I make crumb quilts.. and yes they are WIP for years..

I would use the larger ones. But if you can't think of a use for them or know of someone who can use them then they are trash. I never keep something that I can't use. "Just because" is not a good enough reason. Now if my house was like some of those stretchy garbage bags and would expand to contain everything then perhaps I could/would save everything. :-)

nope throw them

I would say trash. I save a lot of scraps, but not that small. I really need to make a scrappy quilt with all those scraps I'm saving (for a rainy day I guess) lol.

If you make your own greeting cards, you could use those for something on them. I saw 2 different cards yesterday a friend received of a scarf, hat and mittens on a white card and the other had hearts on it with mini snowflakes on it.

If you do art quilts, you can use any size fabric. Lay them out on foundation fabric, top with netting and free motion quilt to your hears content.

I would say trash as well - They look like they would turn into nothing when you tried to sew them together - if your machine didn['t eat them first.

also great to stuff the clear ornaments at xmas.