I love to buy magazines and often buy for only 1 or 2 patterns or a article. As they start accumulating I run out of space. So one day i decided to downsize but could not part with them. So i decided to go through the magazines and tear out the pages of patterns or articles I liked and made my own books. Yes I did tear my magazine apart. :-D :-D :-D Now when i want to find a pattern or article I just thumb through my notebooks much easier and faster. Eventually i will put tabs in so I can see what exactly I have. Worth doing it i recommend it. You need to buy large notebook and clear protector sheets.
I use those plastic containers to hold my magazines so they do not bend and notebooks with my condenseds magazines
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notebook w/ large rings buy protectors for yoour patterns
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pattern all contained in one protector sheet keeps pattern clean and does not keep flipping like when you are looking at a magazine
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i use a cookbook holder to hold my pattern while cutting and sewing
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