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Old 03-09-2011, 10:08 AM
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wheni first started quilting i subscribed to almost every magazine so you can imagine how many i have.....started to give them away after i have gone thru them.....also giving books that i have read .......have no more room....iy's either me or them lololol
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Old 03-09-2011, 10:15 AM
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Yes....I have the same situation. I need to down size my quilting mags. I have unsubscribed to all the mags. I only purchase the mag if there are 3 projects i like......but I will purchase if there is one pattern that I love....love. I recently found myself looking through all the mags for a quilting pattern of a vine. So yes my tastes do change.... I am not sure if I should tear out the pages???? Or do I keep only mags with patterns i think i would make. :shock:
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Old 03-09-2011, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by blzzrdqueen
I have several quilt magazines, by several I mean, maybe 100 or so...that my husband is demanding I get rid of. I hate to give them up because I may need one some day, for a particular pattern...

What I want to do is save the template inserts and certain patterns from each magazine, but am unsure how to go about it. I need to make room and getting rid of the bulk of the magazines is a must.

How do you go about organizing patterns and templates from magazines you no longer want?
I don't have as many for quilting as I do gardening and such. I just copy the pattern, article recipe etc I like and keep them in folders. Then recycle the magazine. or pass it on to someone else. You can have separate folders for specific designs to make it easy to find.
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Old 03-09-2011, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by msariano
I too have tons of magazines. On the older ones, I rip out the advertisements and articles I'm not interested in and that leaves a very skinny magazine. And/or, I simply tear out the patterns and staple the magazine cover to them and put them in a magazine holder. A couple of times now I've recycled magazine holders because of the space I've saved.
Hah! - I laughed to myself one day wondering "if I tore out the pages I don't want, would I be further ahead" than tearing out the ones I wanted to keep. :lol:
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Old 03-09-2011, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by raedar63
Hmmmm, husband demanding, no flippin way! ........
You Go Girlfriend!!!!!!
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Old 03-09-2011, 11:58 AM
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Great post. Love the idea of tearing out the unwanted pages.
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Old 03-09-2011, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dungeonquilter
I would like to know as well. I have found that patterns that really appealed to me when I first started out, no longer do. And patterns that I didn't care for too much, now hold more appeal. Anyone else find this?
This make me hesitate to discard any of my magazines. Especially as I have stopped purchasing them due to the expense.
Another ditto!
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Old 03-09-2011, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by dirty1mom
I have big 3 ring notebooks that I label with the magazine name. I put the patterns and templates, etc in those clear plastic sleeves and put into that magazines notebook. Sometimes if the mag. has a lot of patterns I want to keep, I stuff the whole magazine into the sleeve.
I do the same thing.
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Old 03-09-2011, 12:42 PM
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Buy the clear plastics sheets that have the three holes attached and a large binder. Put the pattern picutre & instruction all in one sheet and add any notes that you want to make ie.Great pattern for little girt. If you want to be super organized divide your binder under categories such as Paper Piecing, Triangles, Squares, Helpful hints.
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Old 03-09-2011, 01:40 PM
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So funny....I have the same rule.......3 projects or I put it down.
Just confirms that we quilters are of like mind.......
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