I tear out the patterns that look interesting and then put a free ad in the local paper and give the magazines away. I don't keep very many, and the people who get the magazines seem to like them.
Sue

I do this and just filled a 3" binder, perfect for when I want to browse for inspiration

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I have them organized all over the floor till company comes or the cats get rowdy. I plan on note books with a hole punch and divider tabs. I have many but working on quilting right now... I will get organized later. Still waiting on a snow day! :lol:

I put them in clear plastic sleeves and into binders. If I pull a pattern that I know I am using with fabric, I put an index card in that sleeve with "a reminder" of which pattern and fabric- otherwise I forget what I did with it. AND I have limited myself to just TWO 3 inch binders to hold purchased patterns and magazine tearouts or freebies with purchase. My online freebies are kept on the computer and during the winter months when it is so cold- I grab a cup of tea and spend some time looking at them. Ones I have used and know that I will not make again get re-labeled ZZZ "name of pattern"- that way those are at the end of the quilt pattern file and I don't have to sort through them. When I make something from a tutorial, I take a picture and in a notebook write the web address - just in case someone asks.

Sounds like I might be one of the few that keep the entire magazine. I use tiny post it notes to hold the pages I want.

I have one of those metal spinning racks (like you find at the library for paperbacks or magazines) and store my magazines there.

amen!! me too.... I can actually find something.

I have mine inserted in document protecters in a binder.

I just finished stage 1. Going through magazines I want to keep. The ones I didn't want to keep I gave to a neighbor. She took what she wanted and I took the rest to a community second hand store.

From what I've read today Step 2 will be removing the patterns I really like and putting them into binders.

Limiting the number of binders is a great idea. (They're really big binders right? :wink: )

Thanks for the tips.

I'm a keeper to. If I cut the papers out, I just know I will miss something.

In my sewing room I have a file cabinet drawer. I have folders organized by my own crazy method.. i.e. table toppers, totes, paper piecing, etc. Each pattern is in a sheet protector. I also have a three ring binder with sections from info I get online... such as "how-to"s, tips, info specific to my machine, etc. I also have many quilt sites, youtube videos on my favorites list/folder on my computer...