What size pieces qualify for your scrap bin?

Lately 1" wide, I've been making lots of crumb quilts.
1 1/2" wide makes log cabin blocks.
The size of scrap that gets the most use is 2 1/2" .
The picture is my crumb quilt. It was lots of fun to make the blocks.
Sharon W.

1 1/2"+ strips
2" X 2" + scraps

anything smaller goes into a separate container that I will make fabric paper out of :D:D:D

My scrap bin usually has anything less than 12 X 12". Some people put anything less than 1/4 yard. When I want to applique a flower or other odd bit, my scrap bin is the first place I go.

Virtually everything. LOL

Right now anything :lol:

Love that quilt! :D

if it is left over from what i am working on it is a scrap. if it is yardage i fold it and put it away, if it is less than a fq i 'scrap-it' larger than a fq i usually fold & put away.

Anything more than 1" x 1"

Lately I've been keeping everything. Even the trimmings from squaring up blocks. I'm trying the garbage can fabric idea to do a Christmas tree wall hanging.

I"ve been cutting 1 1/2 inch strips to make a baby quilt and saving the leftover pieces, lots of 1 1/2x1 1/12 squares now. I thought to give them to someone on here until I realized a lot, or most, are probably cotton/poly blends and none of you quilters would want them. I was into girls clothing that wouldn"T need to be ironed!! LOL If anyone wants them, PM me. They aren"t ready to go yet, but will be before too long.

1 inch x 3 1/2 inches Some one on this board posted a tutorial for sewing scraps like that onto adding machine paper. Now I am cutting scraps and organizing them by color in shoe box sized storage boxes saving up to sew them onto the 3 inch wide adding paper.

Awesome quilt- Now I know what to do with all the scraps I have saved.

I love the quilt!

Pretty much anything less than 1/4 yard, if it's less than 1.5-2", it goes in the "Barbie pillow pile" which I use to stuff the pillows I make for DD's Barbies. 1/4 yrd or more, I fold up and put away.

there are some great posts on the board about scrap quilts and patterns especially for scraps. Bonnie Hunter has a great book called leaders and enders that is all scrap quilts. There is also a set of patterns called scrap therapy that all work off of a system of cutting and organizing your scraps by size.

Anything under a fat quarter goes in the scrap bins.

I made a log cabin quilt like that--very scrappy. I love it, and if yours wants to come over to play with mine sometime......

I use anything that can be sewn with a bit of a seam onto very thin fabric till i have a square then I start another one I have just made a heart using a mix of fabs for the front of a tote i am making. I will post a pic when it is finished