kardar2 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Well I know I can get a filing cabinet but I don't have the room for one any suggestions? I have tried a binder but just to many of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton717 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 when I buy/get any patterns I scan them into my computer. They are organized there by types/subjects. When I need a pattern I just print it out, it may be printed on a couple sheets depending on size of pattern. I keep all the originals in a couple expandable folders and put them away. Saves a lot of room by saving them all to the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kardar2 Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 I did that too.... till my computer crashed :( and I am to cheap to pay for carbonite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 I wonder if you can get a bunch of manila envelopes. Bag similar designs. I'd imagine the'd stack nicely in a box. Just pull out the theme you want and flip through your designs until you find a pattern you want to cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kardar2 Posted July 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Yep! I think you are right Travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsN Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I have most of my patterns scanned on my computer, but also have a large pile of things to cut. The printed stack is sorted in folders by type of cutting, difficulty(or more accurately, amount of time it would take to complete) and subject matter. So I have a file of ornaments divided into groups like easy silhouettes for painting, simple scrolled ornaments and complex ornaments. I have a file of 8x10 portrait type sorted easy to hard in animals, landscape, holidays and other. I have a few other files similar but I can't remember all if them right now. This system let's me pick something I feel like cutting fairly quickly which is really helpful since I get limited shop time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kardar2 Posted July 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Wow!!!! now that's organized. MrsN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kepy Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I have most of my paper patterns filed in binders. Each binder is labelled with topic such as Religious, Western, animals, cats, etc. At this time I have 15 binders but need to do some splitting as some are getting too full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Phillips Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 I keep all mine stored on a usb pen drive that way if the pc crashes I wont lose them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpowellpumphrey Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 I use basically the same system as MrsN. Mine are all digital but every few weeks I back them up to a cd. Only costs me about 10 cents per cd and it's cheap insurance. Also when I check my computer for ideas it shows me a preview and I don't have to look through a lot of paper copies or dig through a bunch of folders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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