tessagin

Same here and I use the mesh lingerie bags or even mesh potato sacks. lingerie bags are very inexpensive and totally worth the money.

PghPat

I just love your scrappy quilt. I just bought the Creative Grids Scrap Crazy Ruler set. The gal that designed the rulers - Karen Montgomery - owns a quilt shop close to me in Pittsburgh and did a demo on them last week. Her first set were 8" blocks and she demo'ed the new 6" block set. Can't wait to try them.

Boston1954

Anything larger than 5 x 5 inches goes back into the box with the big pieces. I mostly give small stuff to a lady at church who is on a limited budget.

cpfrog

I have never been one for small scraps, but just saw recently on Bee In My Bonnet site: http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/
She saves anything over 1-1/2" x 1-1/2 " square. Cuts scraps to sizes she uses exclusively... 2-1/2 sq., etc. and saves them to a plastic bin...and throws the rest of scraps away. Makes for a neater sewing room.

I used to use zip-lock baggies (to see through) for all scraps of similar color (all reds or all pinks, etc.) but like the pre-prepared cuts better and place mine in a pretty basket on the desk or shelf.

BettyGee

I have three bins, small scraps, larger scraps and scrap yardage. Small is for pieces no smaller than a four inch piece and kept in color order, larger scraps can be up to a FQ and again in color order, and scrap yardage must be less than a half yard and color order. I also have a bin for odd charm squares which use for applique. When I first started quilting I kept everything, even if it were no bigger than a quarter. I've given that up, how many times do you need a piece the size of a quarter?

wildyard

I am in the sort by color group. I use the clear plastic shoe-boxes and it's like having a rainbow on my shelves. Smiles.
I leave mine as big as possible also, however, when I do have pieces that are either square or strips of equal width, I keep them in separate containers for using as precuts. Example, when I have leftover binding strips, cut extra squares for block piecing and such, those go into containers of their own. Oh, and I have a container for the 'strips'; any long narrow uneven pieces all go into a larger bin together for strip piecing.

dorismae904

Solstic3 I use smaller strips to make string quilt blocks. The rest goes for stuffing pet beds which I give to the local shelter. At least it doesn't get thrown away and makes some animal feel a bit better.

Kira Adare

I keep any bolts I buy on the bolts and yardage goes into a clear plastic container, sorted by color. Fat quarters go into one of my 3 drawer plastic containers sorted by color. Anything smaller than a fat quarter gets thrown into a very large bucket; if I need a small amount of a color I'll dig through it rather than snip a piece off of something else. When that gets full, I stop whatever I'm working on and start working on scrappy projects until the scraps are down to a dull roar again lol I do leave the scraps how they are until I work on a project, then will cut them down to the sizes I need.

I do have separate clear containers for Christmas, Fall, Halloween, Flannels, Batiks and batting scraps.

themachinelady

Chester the Bunny I am with you. If it is under a quarter of a yard or is a very odd shaped scrap, I cut the largest square (up to 10 inches) from it and then work down on the size of the squares using as much of the fabric as I can. I then store them in clear plastic shoe boxes marked with the size of the block. I figure I can always sort the color I need out of the size I want. Trouble is, I can't catch up with all the scraps I have to cut, they multiply faster than I can get them cut. If I could get them all cut, I would have a bunch more room in my sewing room. Right now I have at last two if not three plastic (large size) tubs full to do. Maybe after I have my open heart surgery and have recovered somewhat but still not able to do heavier stuff I can sit and cut on some of them.

At least if I need a certain size square or squares I have some cut that surely will work when I am working on a project.

Happy quilting to all and if anyone finds a way for keeping those scraps from multiplying when we aren't looking let me know.

themachinelady

ScubaK

I throw all scraps into a bin...
When I feel like cutting, I get my Accuquilt cutter out and go to town. Tumblers, 2 1/2"...
Or I just gift them to someone.
Kirsten