What I do is put a 3M sticker on the cover with the names and page of the pattern, if its a quilt thats all I write, if its anything else I describe it like, table runner, placemats etc. I then put the magazines, if they have more than 4 patterns I want to keep, in a magazine holder like at the library, usually holds 20 magazines. If there are less than 4 I carefully cut the pages out, put them in a plastic sheet protector in a 3 ring binder. This works for me. Then I pass the magazine to my sister or daughter, they check them out and take them to the doctors office.