Endless pattern stash!
05-07-2011, 05:07 PM
#61
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Originally Posted by Wonnie
I'll tell you what I did several years ago. I purchased a large looseleaf notebook, a box of plastic page protectors from Sam's club and a pack of computer paper and I started going through each of my many boxes of patterns, how-to's as well as magazines that had something in them I just HAD to keep! And in the evenings, while watching TV, I started going through the items one by one and pitching those things I knew I would NEVER use. Then, at random, I started cutting out the things I knew I would use along with their instructions if any available and, using a glue stick to hold it to the background of computer paper, just barely tapped the back of each item just enough to hold it in place until I could insert it into a plastic protector. What I ended up with is something that resembles a magazine but full of just those things that appealed to me. Might even throw in a recipe or two. Sometimes I would even throw in a picture of a great room I'd like to duplicate some day. Well, long story short, over time, I now have 4 books of just fun things, 2 quilt books ( I looked through the magazines and maybe only really found one pattern I truly loved so cut it out along with the directions and pitched the book) and 2 for recipes. It works GREAT for me because in the evening now I have fun looking through them and, best of all, I not only am constantly inspired, I can actually FIND what I'm looking for!
05-07-2011, 05:25 PM
#63
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Originally Posted by bjgallent
Yes, and I have even bought 2 of the same pattern!! Darn!!
05-07-2011, 05:38 PM
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I used to sell patterns on ebay and had over 1,000 patterns. Now that I'm out of the ebay business, I'm trying to slowly get my patterns sold at garage sales I have. It's really sad though at the thought of so many people don't know how to sew. I've had comments from people when they saw all my patterns to ask "What are these" and another person said I haven't sewn since home ec in high school. But to answer your question the patterns that I've kept for myself I have organized by catagory first and then file them by the pattern number. works for me.
05-07-2011, 05:49 PM
#68
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Originally Posted by StitchinJoy
I have no quilt patterns. Never bought one.
But I do have books and magazines going back to 1969.
And where do I get most of the patterns I use? I make them up. I see a quilt and I break it down into geometric chunks, and then figure how big I want it, and do the math.
But I do have books and magazines going back to 1969.
And where do I get most of the patterns I use? I make them up. I see a quilt and I break it down into geometric chunks, and then figure how big I want it, and do the math.
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