Endless pattern stash!
05-08-2011, 11:23 AM
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Girl I can always find patterns,Maybe not the exact one. I have a lot of old quilt books as to history and such.So I can look up a lot,plus its hard for me to forget them. Now please do not ask me what I had for lunch,or anything else you all know by rote. LOL
05-08-2011, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Marvel
Girl I can always find patterns,Maybe not the exact one. I have a lot of old quilt books as to history and such.So I can look up a lot,plus its hard for me to forget them. Now please do not ask me what I had for lunch,or anything else you all know by rote. LOL
05-08-2011, 11:42 AM
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If you have an IPhone, there is an app called PatternPal which is great to organize patterns so you can find them easily, just search under sewing in the App store. There is also a program called Quilters Organizer for your computer which is awesome! I hate to say I have both and still not organized but its certainly not the programs' fault as I think I'm a little ADHD so it's frequently hard for me to get on task!!
05-08-2011, 11:43 AM
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If you have an IPhone, there is an app called PatternPal which is great to organize patterns so you can find them easily, just search under sewing in the App store. There is also a program called Quilters Organizer for your computer which is awesome! I hate to say I have both and still not organized but its certainly not the programs' fault as I think I'm a little ADHD so it's frequently hard for me to get on task!!
05-10-2011, 01:20 AM
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I have 12 Lever Arch folders full of patterns and other items that I have printed out and put into the plastic sleeves.I have them all in order with applique, free Fatcat patterns, pieced and all other sewing thing each in a different folder. I can find the patterns by going to the right one. Lot less hassle that way.
05-10-2011, 06:19 AM
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I have tried everything to organize magazines. Even took pictures and downloaded into computer and printed out picture and where to find the pattern. To much hassel and my tastes change. I finally came to the conclusion that I just love to get them in the mail and slowly look thru them.
So now the only patterns I really use are from Quilt in a Day books.
So now the only patterns I really use are from Quilt in a Day books.
05-10-2011, 06:34 AM
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What a great idea! Thanks!
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!
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