Originally Posted by Aully
I just looked at this link. you need to decide if these are patterns you want to do on projects first? I bought a drawer chest of Mirada(?)threads, and got 1200 emb.designs, and I'm not sure I'd use one of them.
I like to view what I want, even freebies I don't download all the time, and then I have a note pad of projects I'd like to make, ideas I see, and I jot down where the design is (example, the company link, if I bought it, the download link/history). Then I have another where I downloaded all my patterns, and printed off the stitching info, and I staple them together for all snowflakes, all easter, all fishing, etc. And I file these, for easy access, and on that page I put what jumpdrive I've saved these patterns on, and I number those jump drives also. Then I've taken my jump drives, and "in" the sewing machine, I jot down what 'page' it's on, or everything on each page as it comes up on my machine..quick reference where to find them again. So, between 3 sources< I can usually find the designs I've bought and fogotten about, when I'm looking for "all fishing" for example.
Buying lots of designs is nice, but getting things you'll use is better.