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I have tons of them stored on line as well as several file folders of print outs for quilts, applique patterns, tote/purse patterns, and other sewing projects I planned to do. Someday. Yeah, right!! And let's don't mention the quilt books I've purchased this year alone. It'd take me several lifetimes and a few million dollars in fabric to do all the projects I would like to do.
Pat from Texas
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself."
I bookmark the site now for the free patterns that I like, I think it is like our stash of fabric and books, so many great ideas, so few time. I have so many quilt books, and have made so few quilts from them. But, I look through them to get ideas for colors and patterns. They are old friends.
If life gives you lemons, make a margarita.
I don't print them off anymore as ink is toooooo expensive! I do still store them but I have a flash drive specifically for quilting patterns. I use the flash drive so the zillions of patterns don't clog up my hard drive! I will never get throuogh all the patterns but that doesn't stop me from saving them!
No one has ever become poor by giving. - Anne Frank
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I am so going to steal your flash drive idea, and clean up some of my folders on the computer, and still have easy access. Thanks for sharing that idea.
I think it shows how optimistic we are. We really think it is possible to make all those quilts. That's why we have a stash.
I used to print off free quilt and free cross stitch patterns. I had a ton of them.
I've become more realistic and have developed my own "style" which a lot of what I had printed didn't fit. So off they went into the woodstove.
I now only print what I need and only save those that fit me.
I print them out when I find them and put them in the three ring binders I use for magazine patterns. If I did not print them I would never remember them and I like to sit and look through my binders like a magazine to decide what I want to do.
I confess!! I have tons of patterns. I use the clear sleeves and have them in binders.
I do the same thing! I enjoy flipping through the binder and looking at the patterns for ideas or inspiration. Of course, I prefer books to Kindles or Nooks so maybe I'm a little "old school".Originally Posted by alfosa421
I download and save online and when I want them I send the file to my Kindle Fire. The Kindle is the same as having a book in my sewing room. I rarely print out patterns since I got the Kindle Fire. No paper to keep up with and lots less ink to buy. I love the technology we have now. It saves time and money when used right.
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