Geri B

I started to do that but the printer just uses so much ink..

onebyone...how does one save things to Pinterest? If you do, can you print from there if want to? Dd set up an account(?) there for me....don't use it
, obviously, but when you mentioned what you do, this might work better that printing out or cluttering up computer with "saves" in folders

SusanErler

Guilty as well. I save them on my computer, save them in Pinterest, and print out ones that I think I'll make. I know there's no way that I'll be able to make them all, but I can still look at them all. :-)

SuziSew

There must be a name for this obsession, LOL.[/QUOTE]

How about "obsessive pattern collector" OPC

I save my to a flash drive...had to get a new one last year that has more storage! and I'm still collecting for that "someday"! Oh well, at least they don't cost me anything!

tessagin

I got rid of a lot of them also the ones I know I'll never make. I have projects and am sticking to those. Anything else can be Googled or I can look here!

Pennyhal

I collect patterns in the same manner that I collect art. I find it inspiring to look through the patterns I've collected even if I never make them.

ppquilter

How do you spell O.C.D.???? LOL I love paperpiecing patterns and save them to computer, then put them on flashdrives. And yes I have sooooooooo many, but love them! FUN, FUN!

KwiltyKahy

My sister calls this PAS Pattern Acquisition Syndrome.

minibarn

Yes, I have it too, and not just quilting patterns. I find myself looking through and often buying old sewing patterns too. You just can't find patterns like some of those old ones anymore (for some of them that's a good thing, lol). So, I have boxes full of sewing patterns, notebooks full of quilting related stuff, computer storage space full of quilting related stuff, and shelves of cookbooks and recipe binders. I do try to purge stuff every once in a while but sometimes that is so hard.

Dolphyngyrl

patterns,books, and tools

QuiltnLady1

I download any pattern that I think I like -- I find myself using ideas from them even if I don't make the pattern. They are my inspiration. One thing that interests me is how many patterns have the same blocks just in slightly different layouts or take say a block like the rail fence and make them different widths. I store them by the dominant block type so I can check out the different layouts.