How do you store your hard-copy Patterns?
#51
I have a set of old office shelves or "pigeon holes" that would have once been in a 1930's office or bank. Found them in a junk shop - $26 for 30 shelves that are big enough to hold a ream of paper in half of them and two reams in the other half. I consider it a lucky find.
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Originally Posted by jitkaau
I have a set of old office shelves or "pigeon holes" that would have once been in a 1930's office or bank. Found them in a junk shop - $26 for 30 shelves that are big enough to hold a ream of paper in half of them and two reams in the other half. I consider it a lucky find.
#53
I have a 3-ring binder, very full now, and organized as to type---Christmas, baby, kitchen, paper-piecing, bed-size quilts, lap quilts, etc. Topics work for me though maybe not for everyone else. Within those categories, I have not organized things so it is an enjoyable search as I look at things I may want to do one day on my way to the thing I am looking for.
When I find something I like on line I print it out and lay it inside the cover of the notebook until I have a few and take the time to punch the sheets. (You can also buy pre-punched paper at office supply stores so then printouts would be ready for immediate filing.) I keep that notebook and my quilting books in a bookcase near my work area. In 2011, I will need to start a new notebook!
When I find something I like on line I print it out and lay it inside the cover of the notebook until I have a few and take the time to punch the sheets. (You can also buy pre-punched paper at office supply stores so then printouts would be ready for immediate filing.) I keep that notebook and my quilting books in a bookcase near my work area. In 2011, I will need to start a new notebook!
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Originally Posted by Jo Belmont
I seem to have everything else under reasonable control in my sewing room EXCEPT my hard-copy patterns. The result is I often spend as much time looking for a pattern as I do making it.
It's in a box here, a drawer there, or I'm looking for one with a great border, but I can't remember if I filed it in the "easy, fast" box, or the "great color combos," or . . . well, you get the idea.
Any suggestions?
It's in a box here, a drawer there, or I'm looking for one with a great border, but I can't remember if I filed it in the "easy, fast" box, or the "great color combos," or . . . well, you get the idea.
Any suggestions?
#56
Originally Posted by Jo Belmont
I seem to have everything else under reasonable control in my sewing room EXCEPT my hard-copy patterns. The result is I often spend as much time looking for a pattern as I do making it.
It's in a box here, a drawer there, or I'm looking for one with a great border, but I can't remember if I filed it in the "easy, fast" box, or the "great color combos," or . . . well, you get the idea.
Any suggestions?
It's in a box here, a drawer there, or I'm looking for one with a great border, but I can't remember if I filed it in the "easy, fast" box, or the "great color combos," or . . . well, you get the idea.
Any suggestions?
#57
Originally Posted by Calzo
I scan all of the patterns and store them on my computer as pdf files.
#58
I also use a 3-ring binder with plastic sleeves. I'm new to this, so haven't accumulated too many yet, but it keeps mine handy & together. I have some original patterns I didn't want to lose & this method has kept them safe.
#59
OMGosh ---- Kudos for being so neat and orderly! I need to take lessons from all of you! My patterns are at least all in the same room ---- most of them are on a bookshelf ---- many books and magazines have little yellow post it note stickers poking out to mark the pages of a quilt I like. My loose hardcopy patterns are just in a pile on a shelf. I actually love browsing thru all my patterns when I want to start a new project --- it stimulates my creativity.
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I have used the plastic sleeves in 3-ring binders for years. Some binders are per artist so I group the binder next to the books I have from that artist. This worked great until I began to run out of shelf space! LOL
DH sees new books coming in the mail and I must now clear out the other things from my shelving area. Honestly, I don't need all those cookbooks, specialty pans, gardening books, etc. I quilt, knit and do some family research. I'll tell DH that I am downsizing and he will be pleased --- until he opens the doors which cover the shelving...hehehe
DH sees new books coming in the mail and I must now clear out the other things from my shelving area. Honestly, I don't need all those cookbooks, specialty pans, gardening books, etc. I quilt, knit and do some family research. I'll tell DH that I am downsizing and he will be pleased --- until he opens the doors which cover the shelving...hehehe
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