I have done that. Some I print, some I have lost when the computer crashed. I have a couple boxes of printed patterns and lots of books, though not near as many as some folks I know. Some I burned to a CD and put in the box. . . Some I think about and know I want to do; some I realize after the fact that I don't really want to make them.
My problem is I cannot decide what to do with the fabric I have. I find a pattern, sort through and find fabrics and then find I can't start yet because of something, like house cleaning or yard work, so I set it aside. Next time I have the opportunity to consider making one, I'm past whatever I had chosen and want to do something else.
If I could crank one out like some folks do, this would not be a problem, but I am no where near as experienced and no where near as talented. And I think I'm Type A. A little. Maybe it's ADHD. Still, I have more quilts than we use.
I have quite worrying about it and just keep keeping on. . .
I actually like just looking at the books, like a picture book. I love the geometry and color and consider them art. It's like looking at the Sears catalog and dreaming of a house plan on the page. . .