I ran into the same problem: stacks of great magazines but no idea what patterns/ideas were in them. I needed organization but didn't want to start something terribly time-consuming. So I leafed through each magazine and tore out the patterns I liked. I made sure I had all the pages and designs from the center pages, stapled them together and put them in a plastic box. I didn't take the time to separate them out to bed quilts, table runners, etc. especially since it's so easy to turn a table runner into a quilt and vice versa. I love having me pattern box to go through when I'm itchy to start a new project.