Originally Posted by RatherB Quilting
Originally Posted by amma
Maybe scan in the patterns, and just keep a binder for templates... You could copy them and that way you know they are the same size as the originals. Sometimes scanning and printing can distort the images :wink:
Hm. Good point! That would certainly make for less binder space! :)
You guys never cease to amaze me with your clever ideas I would never have thought of. So thankful for you all.
This all started when I was glancing through the magazines looking for something easy to practice my applique skills (or lack of). I noted that there were lots and lots of patterns for applique that could be interchanged or combined with other patterns in quilts. If you have a binder with templates only, you can label the template with the original quilting idea, and also use that template on another quilt or wall hanging or such. There are oodles of flower, animal, car, truck, etc. designs that can be interchanged.....