I finally realized that I would never use my scraps (which included scraps given to me by my Mum and by two friends who didn't want their scraps) if I didn't just pick a pattern and mindlessly make millions of blocks. I have been making them into 4.5" sashed squares (a square inside a frame of a different colored fabric). Any leftover bits I am using to make 4.5" string squares. For the moment I am putting the finished blocks aside until I have the desire to make a quilt from them, but already I have enough to make several queen sized quilts. And I no longer feel guilty about the mountain of scraps that I wasn't using, but couldn't throw away! When I start my next regular quilt project I think I will feel relieved to have a system in place for the scraps...
Alison