so a crumb square is kinda like a crazy quilt square.....never heard of that term before .....however LOVE the concept....have you finished a Crumb quilt.....
Pictures please......

Here are some 4" crumbs I made. A friend here on QB was very kind and generous and sent some beautiful scraps for me to use for my crumb quilt and I can't thank her enough. Crumbs are very addictive.

oh what great fun...... do you use sashing to combine the squares.....

I used to save everything 'just in case' but have come to the realization that I like looking at appliques far more than I like making them. I now save anything that can be cut 1 1/2" and toss the rest in the yard for the birds. Recently, I had a bunch of triangles left over from making flying geese and then trimming the corners off. I pieced the triangle scraps together and then squared them up into 1 1/2" blocks. (Has anyone discovered the wonderful HST square up rulers from USAUS.US??) I was able to sew those together in a cute little pattern which then became 2 1/2" blocks. Now I can add them into a scrap quilt that requires 2 1/2" blocks and they will add a lot of interest to the quilt. I'll snap a pic when my daughter gets home with my camera.

I’ve changed my mind about 1000 times so far. LOL! My plan is to put 9 of them together in a block and put sashing around the blocks. Another option I’ve thought about is to put sashing around each individual block. I think they would be pretty without sashing too, just a different look.

Cabbagepatchkid, I love your crumbs!!! :thumbup: How are you going to put yours together?

I find myself saving mostly what will cut into 2-2 1/2 inch strips. I run out ways to use the quantity I seem to accumulate. Every so often a bag goes out the door to someone at guild, etc. I sometimes have a bit of difficulty deciding between "scrap" and "small piece of fabric".

We have two guilld members that love scraps.

One does "Art Quilts" -- I give her first choice, if she can use them.

The other one makes beds for the shelter using all scraps -- she gets all the tiny pieces and pieces the "Art Quilter" cannot use.

I keep all the scraps I think I might be able to use , but one way or the other, all my scraps get used, nothing is wasted.

I came up with a great plan that has freed me from the stress. I'm planning a scrappy flying geese, so I cut a zillion 5 x 3 rectangles (max 4 of same fabric) or 5 3/8 squares for speed piecing - it's the size I came up with. Smaller than that, or things I really don't like, go in a bin for board requests, free for shipping. Evidently I will make 4 of these scrappy flying geese quilts. lol.

Craftybear just had some info about what scraps to save and how to sort them. It was last week and I think (but not sure) that it was Apr. 22. I found it very useful.

The smallest I save is 1.5". Anything smaller gets tossed. I, usually, save them in a box then when needing for a quilt I separate lights from darks.