How to Downsize your Magazines
#41
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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I had a couple of binders of the patterns I liked, but even those started to take up too much room. Then, I got the idea to scan them. I have a hand-held scanner that I bought off one of the tv channels. It has been the handiest little thing (and I've even purchased as gifts for a couple people who commented on using them...like and used by all). It allows you to wave the "wand" over the paper. You can then download to your computer. it puts things in either a jpg or pdf format to save. Now...no paper at all!
#42
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
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I love quilting and cooking magazines. I converted over to ereader ones for my NookColor. The cooking ones are easy to find and hopfully the quilting ones will get better. I scan in my patterns into my pc and burn them to a cd. I take alot of quilting classes and do BOM and this really helps keeping things decluttered. I can also keep a copy of the scanned in ones on my Nook for easy viewing and access.
#43
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bay Area near San Francisco
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I have a lot of old magazines (even some Quilters Newsletters from the 80's). I've found in my quilting journey that what appeals to me today isn't necessarily what I'll want to do five or ten years down the pike. I have the magazines in holders on the shelf. When I'm going on a long trip I'll take a stack of 20 or so magazines (I go on looooonnng trips) and look through them. I frequently find an article or pattern that I wouldn't have looked at a few years ago that appeal to me now.
#45
merrylouw, Im with you! I bought a wand scanner, and not only do I scan anything I want to save in magazines to my computer (I have a whole folder called wand, and inside all my mags are individually folder filed, then that is backed up to an external drive); I am also in the process of copying my cookbooks to my computer so I can divest myself from that collection, too (I have a few hundred and will keep the oldest, collectable books) sharet
#46
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 1,322
I have started doing the same thing. I also stopped getting subscriptions because I only find one, if any, quilt of interest per issue. Now I browse through them at the store and only buy if something truly catches my eye. It saves a lot of money. Plus, I get so many ideas here at the quilt board and so many patterns are free on the internet.
#48
LOVE this idea. I will also print and include the multitude of patterns I have saved by bookmarking online.
Originally Posted by bebe
I love to buy magazines and often buy for only 1 or 2 patterns or a article. As they start accumulating I run out of space. So one day i decided to downsize but could not part with them. So i decided to go through the magazines and tear out the pages of patterns or articles I liked and made my own books. Yes I did tear my magazine apart. :-D :-D :-D Now when i want to find a pattern or article I just thumb through my notebooks much easier and faster. Eventually i will put tabs in so I can see what exactly I have. Worth doing it i recommend it. You need to buy large notebook and clear protector sheets.
#50
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Fox Valley Wisconsin
Posts: 1,920
I have started doing this also...after collecting magazines for years...I have been going through them and tearing out what I want, then they get passed amongst a group of friends who also tear out of the magazines, and then if there are still patterns left in the magazine, they go to the next guild meeting, or if nothing left but ads, the magazines get recycled.
The only magazines I am now keeping whole are "special additions" like the quilt shop magazines, totes and bags issue, the new primitive quilt magazine, and most of the Quilts and More magazines as I love just about everything in them, and too hard to tear out with different patterns on each side of pages....may as well keep the whole magazines!
The only magazines I am now keeping whole are "special additions" like the quilt shop magazines, totes and bags issue, the new primitive quilt magazine, and most of the Quilts and More magazines as I love just about everything in them, and too hard to tear out with different patterns on each side of pages....may as well keep the whole magazines!
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