Patterns from magazines ?
#13
I did this with my scrapbook magazines and will be doing this with all of my quilting ones as well. I scan to the computer then burn a disk with them so I always have a spare. That way I can pass on the magazines or if I have a book with one I want the same thing. Now I have them on one little disk and clutter free space--plus I can label them in files by type and have easy access to them.
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I'm not nearly as organized as you all. I just save the magazines in boxes, but I do put little sticky flags on the patterns I like. Takes a while to go through them, but sometimes I get inspired by things I saw before but didn't like then.
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Originally Posted by AliKat
Sewmagic just posted this question yesterday ... titled "organizing quilt patterns." You might want to read the responsses she has recieved.
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Let me know how it works. I was researching to see if there was an online storage I could access thru my smartphone. We use a virtual office here at work and can access every document we have online from anywhere via internet and I've gotten spoiled. Imagine taking your patterns everywhere.
Originally Posted by Silver Needle
I like the scanner idea. I'll take any extra room I can get for the long arm quilting business and my own quilting projects.
Have you heard of EVERNOTE? It's software that allows you to store things on line and then you can retrieve them from any PC anywhere. I could go to quilting friend's homes and we could look at my stash of patterns without hauling all the magazines. I can sit in my recliner and peruse them on my iPad. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Three thumbs up for this idea!
Have you heard of EVERNOTE? It's software that allows you to store things on line and then you can retrieve them from any PC anywhere. I could go to quilting friend's homes and we could look at my stash of patterns without hauling all the magazines. I can sit in my recliner and peruse them on my iPad. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Three thumbs up for this idea!
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Originally Posted by QuiltingGrannie
How do you organize the patterns you find in magazines that you want to make (someday), but yet you don't want to tear the magazine apart?
Every time I buy a new publication, I put all the projects into my database, even the ones I am not interested in.
Basically, I outsource my memory!
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I do surgery with a small utility knife, put in clear holders and into a binder, then try to get rid of the rest of the magazine. If it is butchered too badly, it goes to recycle. I tried to find sources to take the remains,like nursing homes, but no such luck. At least, I didn't bury the remains in the ground, they will end up in a new magazine, or something.
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