Good luck organizing your scraps. To me it's a lot harder to do that than yardage.

You are lucky you have help.

That sounds like me...put them in a tote and worry about them later. :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ive got the perfect organizational solution!!! Send them to me.. !! hee hee...

I too use bonnies method.. www.quiltville.com

LOL I think your doggies have the right idea. Make dog beds and stuff the scraps into it.

i wanted some midsize scraps sorted by color, so i asked my dgd if she wanted to help... she was just learning her colors... she would do it for 15 min or so at a time...

it took a couple weeks of scraps on the floor in the corner of my studio... but they got done... when she finshed i took just her to mcdonald's while dh watched dgs.. cheapest labor ever!

I cut my scraps immediately after binding the quilt so I don't get a big bag of scraps...way too frightening for me! My scraps are cut into the following sizes to be used in scrap quilts:
5x5, 2.5 x 2.5, 2.5 x 4.5 and 2.5" strips.
These are commonly used sizes in scrap quilt patterns. I keep the different sizes in plastic containers, and keep one container just for baby and one just for Christmas.

I am trying really hard to organize my scraps too. I could just scream, but I am going to keep plugging away till I have it all done. I have all the bigger pieces folded and almost in color order, but it is all the small pieces of fabric that is overwelming. But it must be done.

Good to hear I'm not the only one that looks at stash photos from people on the board, to deterine if I have some of the same fabrics!

I AM DOING THE SAME THING Except I am throwing them in the washer and dryer pressing all the pieces and using as I go to make scrappy quilts. Either strip or blocks depending on how small the scrapes are. That way I am not just storing them again and have to do it again. I plan to use them all up so I can get new fabrics to make more quilts.I do not have a storage area to have so much savings. But I do not just want a stash I want to use what I have so they do not just go in the dumpster when I am no longer able to quilt.
JeanneZ