Originally Posted by Zhillslady
instead of having ring bound get the plastic sheet dividers. I use those and that way all the pages go in one sheet protector. If the pattern is just one page I put 2 in there each facing outward so I see the other when I turn the page. After that I make a table in MSWord and the first column is a small pic of the pattern and the second column tells me material list and 3rd is what page in binder. This worked for me for years - now I keep all on a flash drive. One folder is just a picture of each I can scroll thru without waiting on files to open and the other is the actual pattern. Saves so much paper.
Yes I did this also and it works very well. However along with downloaded patterns I have lots of those real flat pattern books, you know the kind that are more pamphlet than book...I put them is plastic sheet protectors and put them in a ring binder with a list of what is inside on the cover. That way if I am looking for a particular item I can just scan the list to see if it is in there or I can peruse the contents if I am looking for ideas. I did this because these flatter books, while they have the same dimensions as a larger hard cover, get lost in the book case. Now my thicker volumes sit happy and I can read their spines while my thin ones have their own binders. And yes to answer you questions....I do have that many just sewing and quilting books, two full size bookcases crammed full, and don't even ask about my other... fabric dying, anthropology, clip art, biography, fantasy, (her voice fades softly away as she checks her other book cases and ceases entirely when she pulls one from the stack and begins to read it.)