Scrap Overload

I have been working on multiple quilts (the Mystery quilt, Asteroids, Rainbow Kaleidoscope for the quilt guild presentation, whirligigs, plus miscellaneous things --cow, etc.)  Needless to say, my sewing room is in need of a serious cleaning.  I should put things away from one project before I start another, but nooooo.  Isn't there an old saying about a cluttered room is the sign of a gifted mind?  (THAT's MY story, and I'm sticking to it!)

Anyway, to say that I am a scrap hoarder is an understatement.  Ever since I learned that paper-piecing can use the SMALLEST scraps, I've been keeping almost everything!  And my scrap bins overfloweth!

I have decided to make an actual quilt with those scraps, and this may take years and years to do.  I am cutting squares in various sizes, the smallest being 1.5" square.  If a scrap cannot make a 1.5" square I am tossing it out!  I cut the largest square I can from a scrap, the largest being 3.5" (3" finished,) a 2.5" square (to finish at 2") and 1.5" (1" finished.)  I plan to sew scraps together (as in the picture above) and then arrange them in some random combination to make a 12.5" square (finishing off at 12").  These will all be sewn, not strip piecing, so it will take some time.  I am making it a goal to sew one "square" a day (16 one-inch pieces in a 4x4 arrangement) or a 16-patch of 3" squares, or a 4 patch of 2" squares, or whatever it turns out to be.  When I have a significant amount of squares, I will make a quilt and call it "Scrap Attack."  A have enough scraps to make about 100 of these kinds of quilts!!