What size is a "scrap"?
 

wow i have them of all sizes. i keep only 1 inch squares (smallest) and strips and then i have some larger.
if i am lucky when i put them away i organize in right bin. lol

My scrap bin has very tiny pieces down to about 3/4" all the way up to fat quarters that have been cut into. I do applique so keep the very small pieces for that purpose. For someone who doesn't applique, tiny pieces wouldn't likely be needed.

It depends on the day and my mood!! Actually right now I am trying to organize my scraps by strings, 2 1/2 strips, 6, 2 1/2 & 4 inch squares and hexagons..

I believe it's Marti Michell who says that a scrap is any piece of fabric that she hasn't used yet, even if it's 5 yards long.

If it is not WOF I consider it a scrap. That being said, I do have several Large scrapes only 10 inches X 2 1/2 yards. LOL Left over from cutting with grain for borders. I save everything I think I can use, I have baskets for sorting diffrent size strips from 1 to 6 inch width I also have baskets holding diffrent sizes squares. Anything I don't think I will use or don't want I haul to our guild and hand it over to the ladies that turn out so many of our charity quilts.

i think to a degree it depends on how and what you sew.....because I do a fair amount of applique work where I may need a piece of orange for a snowman nose or a piece of white satin for a fairy wing, I keep anything down to maybe a 2" square. I sort by color and type, ie....all my flannel together and all my holiday together....but when you need just a piece of black velvet for a nose.....its a sin to but into a fat quarter....On the other hand if you do not do applique or postage stamp quilts, then only save pieces that you could use in your smallest quilt.....I have a whole box of just strips for my string quilts.....just depends on what you do as to what your needs will be..............

To me a scrap is 2x2 to less than a FQ...

up to a FQ I would fold it. Under would be a scrap.
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We used to get "scraps" from a fellow quilter, she had LARGE pieces in the bags as well as small. Always loved picking up her stuff - before she met us she used to throw it away!! (oh no.....)

Scrap to me is anything too small to use - like the trimmings from squaring up HST units. But some people use those for stuffing dog/cat mats or for the birds to use in their nests.

Maybe lint?

A scrap to small to use is anything that would not be big enough to piece together somehow. So if it can't at least fill in that little corner where I need just a bit more then it is not something I might at some point use. Guess that means under 3/4" as I use strips that narrow for piping and I've used some pretty tiny triangles in scrappy mug rugs.

I save anything 2 inches or bigger, and things that are somewhat yardage, I put on a board instead of the scrap bin. Trouble is, I seldom use those small pieces, so I just about consider that a waste of time and storage. I see so many videos on using 2 1/2 inch strips as scraps, but I never have any of those. I guess I haven't used a jelly roll yet, and that's where you get those scraps.

i consider a scrap what ever is left when i am finished with my quilt- unless i purchased extra yardage.
sometimes my scraps are foldable- sometimes they are small corners / squares/strips- sometimes i cut my scraps into the largest piece i can get out of them- sometimes the piece gets tossed into my (applique) tote
sometimes they get tossed into a drawer for my granddaughter's to play in when they come to visit- sometimes they go into a flat rate box for me to send on to someone else when it's full. there's always a use for them regardless of size- decide what works for you & pass on the rest- there's always someone somewhere wishing for scraps in all different sizes.

For me, a scrap is anything small enough to throw away. Larger than that is put back in stash. So I guess my 'scrap bin' is the waste basket.

I confess I never kept my "scraps". But now that my studio is organized and I have places for storing scrap fabrics I am saving any fabric that is 3 inches or larger.

Anything and everything depending on how I feel. One day I may hate a certain piece of fabric - into scraps it goes. The next day I might find it just perfect for a certain PP block and that day it*s my favorite piece of cloth.

I save very small pieces for applique, especially if it already has fusible on the back, and I also have some much larger pieces that I consider scrap because there isn't enough to figure into a quilt unless it would be a doll quilt or something like that.

Maybe lint?!! Bear, you are so funny!:D

A scrap for me is any size I "might" consider using. Some days I don't really like the fabric so a piece 3x4" would go into the trash. Other days I'd keep a piece 1" x 2" for a scrappy log cabin.

Yep, a scrap is "mood dependent". :)

since i know people who happily accept boxes of pretty small peices of fabric i really don't throw any fabric in the trash- i keep a flat rate box under my cutting table & any piece of fabric i don't want to keep i toss into that box- when it's full i tape it up & send it to someone who will use them- there are always people looking for scraps for something-even if it's for stuffing dog beds- the only thing that goes in my trash is threads- frayed edges with nothing of substance left-

I save down to 2" for myself. anything smaller goes into a box for a friend that had the patience to to work with tiny pieces. many pieces I send her end up in a cathedral window quilt she is hand-sewing. The rest she uses for the intricate dolls she makes.
Batting i save to use in purses etc.
Selvedges, trimmings etc. go into the trash. might seem wasteful to some, but I only have so much space. i know what i will actually use and what just takes up valuable space.

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!!