Originally Posted by Jo Belmont
I seem to have everything else under reasonable control in my sewing room EXCEPT my hard-copy patterns. The result is I often spend as much time looking for a pattern as I do making it.
It's in a box here, a drawer there, or I'm looking for one with a great border, but I can't remember if I filed it in the "easy, fast" box, or the "great color combos," or . . . well, you get the idea.
Any suggestions?
I put my patterns in plastic sleeves and store them in 3 ring binders, sorting them in binders according to what they are, bindings and borders instructions or patterns in a binder, label it on the end, applique patterns in a binder, etc. I have a lot of binders. I did this with all of my educational instructions when I was teaching. Worked out great for me. I have my binders on a shelf above some of my stash. I have just magazines with patterns on a separate shelf. They are protected by the sleeves and binders and don't get bent or wrinkled. Hope this helps you out some.