We all keep our scraps and store them in our "scrap stash" areas. Then when we get "enough" we make a quilt out of the scraps.
I am just starting my stash. I have 3 drawers, one small scraps, one long scraps and large scraps. And they are getting a little full and I think I might need to start "fixing" them

Question 1: How do you "fix" your stash into usable pieces? I have seen so many sites where the quilter has her stash all organized and fixed up into a "candy store" looking room! Very cool, but...I haven't seen anything mention as to how they go about using those scraps as in ...do you just let the box fill, then spend a day cutting the scraps into the largest shape you can get out of it or do you cut them all in 2,1/2" strips or as close to that as you can get?

Question 2: Now that they are the size you have...then what do you do with them? Just sew all 2"square together..make HTS out of them? Since you are working with scraps, the odds of you having a dozen of each color for a theme are slim, ergo the term "scrappy" quilt. Do you just place squares together and start sewing them together? I am currently into the flying geese template... if I dont have enough of one color/fabric to make a "set" of them (at least 2, preferably 4)...do you still make them or just let them sit till you have another idea?

I guess what I am looking for is how to take a large "stash" and use it to create usable quilting pieces. Tell me how you use your "stash".