To Cut or not to Cut....magazines, that is
#41
I usually copy them on a flat top printer and then catalog
(Christmas, patriotic, etc....) them for later use.......
I like to copy them as I mark the directions as I work my way through them.
Works for me..........mj
(Christmas, patriotic, etc....) them for later use.......
I like to copy them as I mark the directions as I work my way through them.
Works for me..........mj
#42
Banned
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 94
I don't throw magazines away. If I find a pattern I like I copy the article on my printer. I then put it in the same type of bags that bought patterns come in. I use the Fons and Porters fat quarter boxes, separated in sections. I then either give the magazines to friends, or I donate them to the thrift store where I volunteer. They really go fast. Gives people a chance to read good quilting magazines for a very low price and it benefits the Women's Center domestic violence shelter for women.
#43
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Johns Creek, GA
Posts: 321
My first thought: box them and send to me!! Second thought: If your local library has are area for free donated magazine, give them to the library. I am always going thru the magazines at my library and am so excited when I occasionally find a quilting book. I don't care if some patterns have been removed...I just love the books. This is the very reason I canceled all of my magazine subscriptions years ago...I just couldn't part with them.
#44
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Benton, AR
Posts: 59
I used to scan and keep on the computer and then one day the computer died. I mean really died...no way to retrieve any files. I had it looked at by professionals in this field, no luck. Lost years of patterns and other docs. So now I scan AND print, store in binders and computer but mags are intact. I bring mags to quilt guild and let people help themselves. Hope this helps.
#45
Originally Posted by reach for the stars 2
I save them and save them and eventually in the garbage they go. I just don't know what I was saving them for.
#47
I guess I should learn how to use Access then. I was thinking about using OneNotes, but then I cannot really do a search as easily. Thanks for the idea... I wouldn't have thought about Access because I haven't used it much because I had no reason to learn it. Now I do.
#48
I love quilting magazines and have bought many used ones so please don't throw them away. I go through my magazines time and time again and put paper clips on the pattern pages I like. I may never get them all made but I till love looking at them in the evenings when I am too tired to sew. I would gladly pay postage on magazines that could get thrown away, as long as I don't already have them.
#49
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: British Columbia
Posts: 2,352
Lots of great ideas floating through here.
When I started quilting, a friend gave me a box of her old magazines and there was no better gift. Thumbing through all those pictures helped me focus my quilting and guide my pattern selection. She had cut out of them, so I followed suit and cut out the patterns that appealed to me. Then I passed the magazines along to another quilter. I guess they will make the rounds to where there is nothing left!
I love to flip through the binder I have created of select patterns. I haven't made all of them, but the possibility tempts and tantalizes, and the ideas lead to more. It just wouldn't be the same clicking through computer files.
I've been gifted another huge box of old quilting magazines but am less tempted now to cut out of them, as I am finding that the patterns are landing around me faster than I can sew them. My plan is to scan the fronts, then post pictures here so others can enjoy them. It seems only right to share the wealth, and while a boxful of old magazines isn't worth the postage, there may be some gems that somebody has been looking for that will be worth the postage.
When I started quilting, a friend gave me a box of her old magazines and there was no better gift. Thumbing through all those pictures helped me focus my quilting and guide my pattern selection. She had cut out of them, so I followed suit and cut out the patterns that appealed to me. Then I passed the magazines along to another quilter. I guess they will make the rounds to where there is nothing left!
I love to flip through the binder I have created of select patterns. I haven't made all of them, but the possibility tempts and tantalizes, and the ideas lead to more. It just wouldn't be the same clicking through computer files.
I've been gifted another huge box of old quilting magazines but am less tempted now to cut out of them, as I am finding that the patterns are landing around me faster than I can sew them. My plan is to scan the fronts, then post pictures here so others can enjoy them. It seems only right to share the wealth, and while a boxful of old magazines isn't worth the postage, there may be some gems that somebody has been looking for that will be worth the postage.
#50
Originally Posted by Quilter7x
Rather than cutting out the patterns/directions, scan them into your PC. Then you can title them what you want and the magazine stays intact. :)
I do scan them now and can share. :mrgreen:
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