Quitling Magazines
 

I have hundreds of quilting magazines, when I want to start a new project I don't know where to start looking!
How do you store and find patterns in magazines?
Do you rip them out and file them in groups ie: Table runners, lap quilts, etc.
I just don't know what to do and seem to spend hours looking to find the pattern I want

I've started only getting them digitally now days. The ones I have stacked up from years of saving them are slowly getting scanned and saved as a PDF file. I have a bunch that are scanned, and a fair amount to still use. My iPad has a scanning app that works fantastic, is quick and easy, and when it is done, sends it to my regular computer. I use to use a flat bed scanner. It worked ok, but was slower and required more work than the iPad app.

Good Luck,

Steve

I got a package of the large mailing labels. (3" X 4"). If I see something I really like, I stick one on the front cover and write a quick description and the page number. If I don't see anything that strikes me, I pass the magazine on to a friend.

I tear out what I like. I buy the see through notebook inserts, slip them in the plastic insert, and put them in large spiral ring notebooks. You could have a notebook for runners, one for quilts, wall hangings etc. I've found the large business notebooks at sales for 50 cents each.

I just put the different quilt patterns into the computer. I have a few old quilt books and couple magazines. I've got a lot in my favorites folder. So I can look at a quick glance. Download a few patterns and can print or send for friends. I have a file for log cabins, glacier stars, different celtic stars and baby and dwr and so forth. Bargello and soforth. I can't stand the piles of magazines any more drove me crazy and just added to little eight legged critters and such. I add the different YOU TUBE tutorials also. Just too quick and easier by far.

thanks for the ipad tip.

I do the same thing but I use a Post a Note. Thin down your magazines or just keep the ones with quilts you want to make separate from the others. Hope you are able to find something that works for you.

Well I'm one of those that can't throw anything away. When I find a quilt/project that appeals to me I mark the page with a post-it-note. When going thru my older magazines I find that my tastes have changed thru the years and a project that previously had no appeal now is a must make.

I make kits of the patterns I want to make and put the magazine in with the kit. Sometimes I copy the pattern pages and put them in with the kit in clear plastic page covers. It's fun to just pick out a kit and everything is all together to make the quilt. I put them in gift bags and store them in my studio closet. I do not include the backing. It gets chosen when the quilt is completed. I must say that I do still have a stack of quilt magazines in that closet too. I like to get them out sometimes and look through them. I don't subscribe to the magazines anymore. The only quilting magazine I buy now is the Quilting Quickly that comes out quarterly. It includes all those precut patterns that are so quick and easy to do.