sewbizgirl

I had to laugh when I read it was trademarked and copyrighted.

sewingpup

I think you just do what works for you, I did spend some time cutting up my scraps into sizes, I used some of them some of them just sit there in their shoe boxes, now I have just started mainly cutting things into strips with my go, or 2.5 inch squares if they are not big enough for strips. I can also cut down my strips into smaller pieces if I need to. Then I have just been sorting scraps out into color families like, reds, greens, blacks, greys, etc. I find this works good to rather than having all my scraps jumbled together in a big basket. I do like sorting scraps by color cuz then I can see what colors I have the most of and lately have been think about making two color scrappy quilts.

WesternWilson

In "Sunday Morning Quilts" Cheryl Arkinson and Amanda Jean Nyberg begin the book by advising on how to sort scraps and keep them sorted going forward. They recommend sorting at least by colour, sizing/trimming pieces according to your own quilting style. Once you get the initial sort done it is easy to keep things sorted. I had already begun sorting all my scraps by colour, and got busy sorting the last of the bags of scraps I had. I have a line of those wire cubes below my biggest design wall, each containing a different colour. Makes it really easy to find what you need for and to work in monochromatic themes!