Wow I can’t believe I have just finished box #2 of scrap organizing already. It really helped of course that box #2 was about 1/3 or so full of strings –all I had to do was transfer them over to their own box. This is what I had at the end of Box #2 – strings, 5”, 3 1/2”, 2 1/2”, 2”, & 1 1/2”.
You can’t see in those boxes well – here is another view
Box #3 – oh my gosh – it is packed to the gills!!
But look what I find when I start to get them all out of that box – more strings – about another 1/3 of a box – I really had no idea that I had so many!
I put them in the box of strings and it is now almost full! I wonder if I will need to make these not so wide? What size strings are normal size for string quilts – some of these are 2 1/2” wide to 1 inches.
Box #3 dumped out on the table – a lot of squares are already in this box but a lot more that will be trimmed to the sizes I am doing.
Some have said that the little bits I am throwing away I should keep for doing art quilts – these are tiny bits I am tossing. I don’t do art quilts which someone said would be good for free motion quilting – I don’t do machine quilting – well I take that back I have done straight line a couple times, but it isn’t something I normally do. I rarely ever make pillows so I am not saving those bits for stuffing. The whole point is to get this mess into useable pieces (for me) so that I will use these scraps. I am not saving all the tiny things that are under a inch wide or under a inch and a half square. I appreciate your thoughts though on this but keep in mind we all do this our own way 
Someone asked what size are the boxes — they are 8” x 11” and 4 1/4” deep
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