You came up with a solution while you were typing... Create a file. I have a folder on my computer, with a file for each of the magazines I get, when there is a pattern I really like/want to make I add it to the file, name of pattern, details about it and a magazine date, issue. Since my magazines are on book shelves organized by magazine and by their date when I want to find a specific pattern I can pull up the folder then scroll through the pattern name, description till I find the one then I can see what magazine it is in and easily grab it. Give it some thought then create the system that will work well for you.
