sewmagic

How do you? I have a lot of quilt magazines, free pattern print outs.
Do you cut your magazines and keep just the patterns and how do you organize them? (Folder, zip locks, etc.)???

alikat110

Mine are in page protectors in binders and sorted by type...aplique, rotatry cut, holoday, etc....

debbieumphress

I use binders and use sleeves to put the patterns in then have index tabs for types, etc. I find them easier this way than in a magazine. I used to mark the magazine pages with address labels folded down so I could find it.
And I put Magaziner name and date in case I miss something. LOL.

crafty pat

I keep mine in folders. I cut out of magazines as I have no space to keep them all.

LyndaOH

I am in the process of doing this. I remove the pattern from the magazine, put it and any templates in a clear page protector and put it in a binder. I've divided mine only by type of item - quilt, wall hanging, bag, etc.

I do it in two parts. First I remove the pattern and put it in a pile, then in a week or so I go through the patterns again and usually end up realizing I don't want about half of them!

1234Irene

Great question....I will be watching this topic, as I need to make some heads or tails of my moms stuff.......I don't even know what all I inherited.

gigi10

I save them for a while, magazines, then I tear out what I just can't live without and put it in a page protector and a large 3 ring binder. Free patterns are just that free. If it something that really sets my britches to blazing, then I keep it and give it the same storage as before. My while is a year. If I have not looked for it in a yr, it has to get passed on. I also keep photos of colors that interest me. This could come from greeting cards, magazines like BHG or WD, FC. I treat these the same as the above. the colors are kept in another binder. I use it all the time to make color choices for quilts.

ontheriver

I put them in page protectors and then into binders. I try to keep a binder for different things, like one for baby, one for PPing, etc. Sometimes I keep the whole magazine if it has a lot of patterns I like, sometimes I just cut out the pattern I am interested in. Also, don't forget to add the tear out pattern pages if there are any.

gigi10

This is a good one thank you.

MelodyWB

I put them all in clear plastic folders..then into binders by types !!