The pitz

I like to buy the beautiful floral boxes in different shapes & sizes at JoAnn's or Michaels and I put all my store purchased patterns in them. I also keep other supplies in them. They
look nice on the shelves in my sewing room.

The pitz

I like to buy the beautiful floral boxes in different shapes & sizes at JoAnn's or Michaels and I put all my store purchased patterns in them. I also keep other supplies in them. They
look nice on the shelves in my sewing room.

Snorky Lvs2Quilt

Everytime I get a new quilt magazine I would mark the pages of the projects I would eventually love to make. I was getting such a huge stack of magazines, all of which had page markers, that I decided that I had to reduce the space they were taking up. I bought some binders and page protectors. I have one binder for wall hangings, one for table toppers, one for quilts and lap quilts, one for misc. sewing projects and one for any helpful hints and instructions on anything quilt related. It sounds like a lot of bindings but believe me, they are getting pretty full. Guess I had better get my rear in gear and start making some of these!!

janeknapp

I tear interesting articles from the magazines and store them in hanging files. These are my categories. I'm sure you can think of others.

Inserts: Patterns - You really need to decide if you are going to copy whatever goes with the article and staple which means lots of copying on the printer or order the insert by magazine and time sequence.

Art quilts
Batiks
Baby/Youth
Blocks - All + Baskets, Stars
Computer Programs
Resources/Websites
High Priority - I want to make this
Holiday/Seasonal - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Inspiration: Ideas for future quilts
Quilts -Applique, Miniatures, Pieced. Pieced/Appliqued, Foundation Pieced
Quilting Techniques -Hand, Machine
Quilting Designs
Shopping
Small Projects - bags, purses, potholders, etc.
Specialities- Chenille, Crazy quilts, Handkerchief, Leather,Photos, Wool

DonnaCee

Debra, Hi! I got really tired of all the magazines with post its sticking out of them that I started scanning them onto my computer. I set up a separate file and organized them under discriptions eg. Stars, Samplers, Applique, etc. Then I took the magazines that I had copied and brought them to my quilting class. If I want to use the pattern I just print it out.
Donna

vickyfortune

Ooh, that's a great idea!

MadQuilter

I clip the pattern AND all assorted pattern pieces and put them in a clear sheet protector. Then I sort them by type and put them in large 3-ring binders.

Sallyjane

That is exactly what I do too.

jme

That's a good idea!

ncredbird

Before you scan draw a 1" square somewhere on the pattern page. This way you can scale your output to print at the correct size. I always do this to patterns that I scan.
Ann in Tn