What's a Girl To Do With Her Magazines?
#12
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Join Date: Jul 2012
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Help Please........
I have alot of quilting, sewing, and embroidery magazines and need some ideas on how to store them. Right now they are being stored in a file cabinet in the garage. I also have some stored in boxes. Is there anyone else out there that has the same problem?
I have alot of quilting, sewing, and embroidery magazines and need some ideas on how to store them. Right now they are being stored in a file cabinet in the garage. I also have some stored in boxes. Is there anyone else out there that has the same problem?
#13
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Quilting, crocheting, sewing and crafting in my Sewing Room...Peaceful and wonderful !!
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Over this past summer; I was given 3 boxes of quilting magazines/crafting magazines when a good friend's mom died. I was lucky to have these as they came in handy when I needed some advice after reading a few. I think I am going to just tuck them away for future use in quilting/crafting. There are quite a few ideas that I can modernize them.
#14
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 135
I am always on the look-out for minature quilt magazines....as I certainly don't need large quilts in my area here in Arizonia....I can still quilt-enjoy...& when friends come in to settle my estate they can piece them together for larger interesting quilts...works for me' & those magazines are no longer in print...my hobby keeps an 80plus gal busy busy.
#15
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Live Oak, Texas
Posts: 6,133
I take out the anything I want to keep and put them in folders. For the ones I want to keep I make boxes for them out of boxes our trash bags come in from Sam's Club. I cut off the top and cut a u shape almost half way down one side, then cover it with pretty wrapping paper or shelf paper and set them on a shelf in my sewing room.They hold quite a few Mags. all ready at my finger tips when I need them.
#17
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 659
I too decided that if they were stored away I would never use them. Now I save only those from the past two years and others that I know I will refer to. I pass the others on to someone who will use them. Nevertheless, I still have to much stuff.
#18
With most of the pattarns being somewhere on line, I saved a few of my favorite hard back books, and took everything else to Half-price books. Left a lot of room for more fabric. I am only getting electronic subscriptions for now on. It was a tramatic experience parting with my mags, (some go back to the early 70's) but I knew I would probably not make a third of the patterns unless I live to 798 years.
#19
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: North country Wisc.
Posts: 328
I also tear out the patterns or quilting tips & info. I put mine in hanging files by pattern type. Triangles, sqs.,applique, baby, etc. So far it's working for me, but I find I do keep all my old Quilters Newsletters for inspiration.
#20
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 976
I ran out of room so I sat down with my cutting mat and a razor knife and cut out the patterns I wanted to save and put them in plastic sleeves and put them in a binder. cut down on the size they were taking up considerably.
I wound have passed them to another quilter but i don't know any in my area and it really is too expensive to ship.
I wound have passed them to another quilter but i don't know any in my area and it really is too expensive to ship.
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