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    Hi

    I wonder how you all keep all your patterns you work with and want to make ( bucket list patterns ) organized?

    I am getting a pretty good pile of patterns that I find free online that I have printed out.
    So that I can have a papercopy by my machine.

    Now it is time to get them organized.
    I am looking for good advice and tips on how to to this the best way.

    So it is easy accessible and yet tidy and not laying all over the room.

    So how do you keep order ?

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    I keep all of the free ones that I print off (like my Moda Bake Shop ones) in a page protectors and but them in a 3 ring binder. I also slid other patterns in those clear page protectors too. That way that are all in one place and I just put the binder on the shelf with my patterns books etc

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    Default Re: organizing of bucket list patterns ?

    I have several printed patterns in a loose-leaf notebook with index tabs on the first page of each pattern so I can find a specific pattern without looking through the whole notebook.
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    I have a few binders like kmerfeld, but I have one marked "Bags", and another marked "already made" , and one with "borders and tips". Figure out what you want to group together and get some binders. I try to keep to the 1" binders. They fit better on the shelf than the big ones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kmerfeld View Post
    I keep all of the free ones that I print off (like my Moda Bake Shop ones) in a page protectors and but them in a 3 ring binder. I also slid other patterns in those clear page protectors too. That way that are all in one place and I just put the binder on the shelf with my patterns books etc
    I should add that I have dividers in the binder so they are not all willy nilly in there
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    I save the majority of them in my favorites on my computer. I used to print them out, but seeing the pile grow made me feel like a loser, so I stopped that!
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    I use sheet protectors and binder, however my want to make and what I can make are in serious trouble
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    Quote Originally Posted by bubba View Post
    I save the majority of them in my favorites on my computer. I used to print them out, but seeing the pile grow made me feel like a loser, so I stopped that!
    Me too! Then my favorites got out of hand. I have started pinning some on pinterest - but think that will just end up as a big overwhelming looking board too. Now something has to really really make my heart go pitter patter....

    I do have a selective list on my phone of patterns I definitely want to do and I try to prioritize it. Designers of patterns and fabric just need to slow down, so that I can get caught up!
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    Default Re: organizing of bucket list patterns ?

    I have binders ( several of them!) with my patterns in them. I put the purchased ones in page protectors in binders also. I can flip though and see what I have when I'm brainstorming for new projects.
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    Default Re: organizing of bucket list patterns ?

    I seldom print any pattern, as my laptop is always by my side as I sew. But if I had any, I would also keep them under a protector in a ring binder the same I do with most of my paperwork to keep it out of my desk.
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