klgreene

I have two cardboard boxes with the large and the small scraps. But I have been trying to make a few 6" square Heart sting blocks. So a plastic box holding them. When the plastic box is full, I'll see if there's enough for at least a lap quilt. Now that I save scraps, I can see how much money I used to throw away. oh, not good.

Rose Bagwell

I have mine in plastic bins.

juniemoon

Haha! Like what you said. I'm heading there.

POosterman

Must be your new at this game! LOL!

Jill

It's amazing how quickly those scraps add up. I have a big basket I keep under the opening of my sewing machine table and I drop them in there until it fills. I have a blanket chest full of scraps also. Now my favorite quilt is a scrappy one, so I regularly use my scraps and have never needed anymore space than the basket and chest.

glenda5253

I'm struggling with how to organize my scraps too. Haven't read thru all the responses but I will. I have alot more with Mom's stash added. :shock:

Quiltmaniac2010

Wow - compared to you, I'm a scrapaholic!! I sort mine by neutrals and then by colour groups in RubberMaid totes. I have my lengths (usually 3 yards) folded on a bookshelf, sorted by colour groups. It is so much fun to mix and match when you find a great pattern. BTW, I decided to use up my neutral and pink scraps and made a lovely big log cabin quilt. It didn't even make a dent in my scrap piles!! The one who dies with the most scraps wins!!

quilterfly

Since I started sewing when I was in junior high (more than 50 yrs. ago) I have had a LOT of scraps but I've never really had a system for sorting them until now. Everytime I've moved through the years I've given away large trash bags full of scraps (the last move yielded 4 lawn/leaf bags FULL)but like a lot of you I've come to realize that scraps are very handy. I've recently been going through them and cutting the largest piece I can from the scrap & on down from there. If I have yardage I cut it into 2 1/2" strips. I have a friend who owns a pizza place & she's very generous with her boxes, so I sort my scraps by the size I've cut them & store them in the pizza boxes. So far it's probably the best thing I've done for my stash in years.

vickster

i have those clear plastic shoe boxes and have them sorted by size. they can slide under a bed or stack on a shelf. keeps them tidy

sewsewnice

I put my small projects in see thru zippered bags. My scraps are all over. LOL I think that's why I love Eleanor Burns.