Pattern Organization
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Pattern Organization
This blog post on Barbara Huber Designs has an interesting way to organize your patterns. I think that I may have to try this! http://www.barbarahuberdesigns.com/2...organized.html
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Looks good- except I started garment sewing as a teenager, hey patterns were cheap in the 70's, then I had a wedding dress business, what can I say, I still have them all, I would be organising till next year. This would take time I could be sewing, unless I can bribe/blackmail or otherwise coerce one of my darling sons to do this for me, I'll be disorganized x
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This is a great idea that I will definitely be copying. I think the only change I would make is on the numbering. For example, on purse patterns I would add a "P" to the number so when I finished, I would be sure to put it back in the right container. While purses/totes are really obvious, some other categories might not be. It would just take a second or two for each pattern and may save a lot of time later on.
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Looks good- except I started garment sewing as a teenager, hey patterns were cheap in the 70's, then I had a wedding dress business, what can I say, I still have them all, I would be organising till next year. This would take time I could be sewing, unless I can bribe/blackmail or otherwise coerce one of my darling sons to do this for me, I'll be disorganized x
Me, too. I have two big boxes filled with clothes patterns. Some, I hear, are now valuable....though where you find buyers, I have no idea. I can't bear to throw them away, somehow (which is probably why I'm becoming very close to being a hoarder!
My quilt patterns are in a binder, but I have very few, thank goodness. Mostly I just see a quilt and figure out--or not-- how it was done.
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In "daze" past when I was a stay-at-home mother who sewed clothing for her children, I made photocopies of both front and back of a pattern. Digital cameras were not around in the seventies and eighties when I was doing this! The copies were kept neatly in 3-ring notebook plastic sleeves and the notebook was handy as a reference when I went shopping or was re-evaluating something in my stash. The ready reference system came about after having purchased duplicate patterns....
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