How I organize patterns in magazines
02-06-2010, 02:13 AM
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Originally Posted by k3n
Brilliant! I have a degree in Library Studies and I NEVER thought of doing this! Duh! :shock: :-D
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02-06-2010, 03:15 AM
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Originally Posted by JanetM
Like many of you I have a lot of quilting/sewing magazines.
If a particular issue only has one or two patterns I want to save, I cut them out, file them in a portable pendaflex file box and toss out the magazine.
Frequently though, there are several patterns is one issue, so I want to keep the entire magazine. I dislike having to search through dozens of magazines for that one pattern so this is what I do.
I bought two small Rolodex file boxes. When I find a pattern I like, I write on the top of the card what the pattern is (watercolor quilt, bargello quilt, log cabin quilt, etc.), and a brief description. Then on the bottom I record what magazine it is in, the date of issue, and the page number. This makes it very easy to find the pattern I want to make.
I have all my magazines stored in magazine files and have them in a bookcase.
If a particular issue only has one or two patterns I want to save, I cut them out, file them in a portable pendaflex file box and toss out the magazine.
Frequently though, there are several patterns is one issue, so I want to keep the entire magazine. I dislike having to search through dozens of magazines for that one pattern so this is what I do.
I bought two small Rolodex file boxes. When I find a pattern I like, I write on the top of the card what the pattern is (watercolor quilt, bargello quilt, log cabin quilt, etc.), and a brief description. Then on the bottom I record what magazine it is in, the date of issue, and the page number. This makes it very easy to find the pattern I want to make.
I have all my magazines stored in magazine files and have them in a bookcase.
02-06-2010, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Lockeb
I print out a lot of patterns from on-line - if there's a magazine with only one pattern in which I am interested in I remove it, etc.
I have large 3-ring binders - with dividers - I put all of my patterns in plastic protector sleeves....
My binders have dividers - quilt patterns are divided according to style - Pieced, Applique, etc. - and then Blocks are divisied accordingly - as well as special dividers for projects - with tabs that would include Kitchen, Bags, Pin cushions, etc....
I find that this really helps and it's easy to flip though them and find ideas and just pull out the pages that I want to work on - and because of the plastic sleeves that all stay nice and clean and neat and when I'm finished I just put them back in the binder.
I have large 3-ring binders - with dividers - I put all of my patterns in plastic protector sleeves....
My binders have dividers - quilt patterns are divided according to style - Pieced, Applique, etc. - and then Blocks are divisied accordingly - as well as special dividers for projects - with tabs that would include Kitchen, Bags, Pin cushions, etc....
I find that this really helps and it's easy to flip though them and find ideas and just pull out the pages that I want to work on - and because of the plastic sleeves that all stay nice and clean and neat and when I'm finished I just put them back in the binder.
02-06-2010, 06:39 AM
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So true, I am afraid to get rid of my magazines. When I need a creative push, I will thumb through dozens of magazines and always find something new I am interested in.
Originally Posted by renee765
I have found that my tastes change through the seasons and years, so I'm afraid to throw any pattern out. What didn't appeal to me at all a year ago suddenly becomes a very desired pattern. Guess I'm fickle.
02-06-2010, 08:55 AM
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I don't have any magazines yet but as soon as I began making blocks I noticed a problem with templates. My system so far is to have a notebook with document protectors with pictures of the quilts in alphabetical order by title.
Then in a legal size expandex file with 26 divisions I have the templates and directions in legal size manilla folders in alphabetical order. That way I can find them by title or by their picture.
I haven't quite figured out what I do with all the supplies that I have. The fabric is in see through plastic bags. But the cardboard, tracing paper, colored pencils ect. I've just got a box that it's all jumbled up in.
Then in a legal size expandex file with 26 divisions I have the templates and directions in legal size manilla folders in alphabetical order. That way I can find them by title or by their picture.
I haven't quite figured out what I do with all the supplies that I have. The fabric is in see through plastic bags. But the cardboard, tracing paper, colored pencils ect. I've just got a box that it's all jumbled up in.
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