How to Downsize your Magazines
#61
Besides the binders I also made a list on Excel of all the patterns I have. I can do a "find" if I know the name and there is the pattern and what book it is in and what page. This also keeps me from duplicating.
#62
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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I've used this notebook/plastic sleeve system for years. In fact, I recall saving articles for decades in file folders when there was no internet!
Categories range from log cabin/strips; circles/arcs; applique; machine quilting; 1930's era; Civil War/ 1800's; various artists; etc.
Terry Atkinson, Judy Martin, Barbara Brackman, and Mary Ellen Hopkins are my favorite designers/teachers so they rate separate notebooks.
My tastes change, but so many sources are available in books, on boards, on the internet that I have no fear of passing -almost complete- magazines to my friends. I look for inspiration and ususally plan out my own pattern. Part of what I want to do is the challenge and satisfaction of drafting my own pattern.
Thanks for posting :)
Categories range from log cabin/strips; circles/arcs; applique; machine quilting; 1930's era; Civil War/ 1800's; various artists; etc.
Terry Atkinson, Judy Martin, Barbara Brackman, and Mary Ellen Hopkins are my favorite designers/teachers so they rate separate notebooks.
My tastes change, but so many sources are available in books, on boards, on the internet that I have no fear of passing -almost complete- magazines to my friends. I look for inspiration and ususally plan out my own pattern. Part of what I want to do is the challenge and satisfaction of drafting my own pattern.
Thanks for posting :)
#65
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 1,096
Originally Posted by wendiq
"Now I have to downsize the saved patterns"
Exactly!!!!!And now I have to find a way to corral all the neat internet patterns I download......LOL!
Exactly!!!!!And now I have to find a way to corral all the neat internet patterns I download......LOL!
#66
I've been doing the same thing for years and have accumulated five 3-inch binders worth of patterns and articles. But, I've started decluttering. For the last two nights I've culled through two binders and tossed out patterns which are very basic (collected at the start of my quilting journey) or that no longer hold my interest. It's amazing how my "likes" have changed over the years. Only three more binders to go! :lol:
#67
each year just before quilt show time, I go through my magazines, sewing or quilting, and take them to sell for 50 to 75 cents . this helps our fund raiser for our comunity projects.
d.swindle
d.swindle
#70
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: N.H. and Fl.,( winter)
Posts: 980
I started to do this a few years ago and as I was looking thru much older mags I found that what I wasn't interested in then I was now and vice versa, so I gave up. Now I have hundreds and I will really have to do something because we are planning on selling the big house and downsizing. I have a BIG problem!!! LOL
Happy sorting, Kutnso
Happy sorting, Kutnso
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