I have been on the receiving end of scraps from friends, to me there is plenty to do with those little pieces! I put them together in crumb blocks.......some of my crumb blocks that are 4" square have over 30 pieces of fabrics in them when I square them up. I use the salvalges too, makes for an interesting block. After you square them, some of the fabric leftover from cutting can still be used in the next block. I LOVE the results, and my friends thought I was crazy. But guess what, after they saw my completed string and Xstring quilts they are making them too! I think I am the only one of the group crazy enough to play with the little little pieces though.

This is so true and the reason I started saving my selvages. When I realized that some of you actually WANT them, then I started saving them for others.

Welcome to "call me crazy, too", The squares in this little quilt are 1.5 cut or 1 inch finished. [ATTACH=CONFIG]353506[/ATTACH]

I have been working on my scrap box tonight...I have plastic shoe boxes and have them set by 2 1/2 sq., 3 1/2 sq, 5 sq, 6 1/2 sq...Then I have another of 2 1/2 strips of different lengths for a scrappy jelly roll, and another of 3 1/2 strips that will be later cut down into hexagons for a GFG. Finally I have a large carton full of strings, of at least 3/4 wide ( I use them even if they are odd shaped) for use in a string quilt. Finally hanging from the desk in my cutting area is a sewn square with an opening for stuffing any smaller unusable pieces of fabric or batting that will soon be my dog's bed! Once his is done, I will begin making them for our local animal shelter. The bed is made with the lovely fabric someone gave me that I would NEVER use in a quilt. But my dog has no taste anyway!!