I am in the process of down-sizing and had way too many magazines. I took out of the magazines those patterns that I wanted to keep and have stored them in a hanging file in separate folders, organizing by pattern type such as baskets, nine patch, applique, etc. It is so easy to find what I am looking for now. I know I will never live long enough to use all of them, but now I am not wasting time looking for a particular pattern.