sorting through Quilting books and magazines
I have had to take a break from stitching so I can begin other
projects for the holidays. Now mind you my quilting will not cease by any means during this time. I needed to clean my studio though so I can get around here and begin on designing my holiday greeting cards and complete a few other projects. One of the projects that was at the top of my list was to go through all my quilting books and magazines. First I couldn't believe I had collected so many over the last 14 years. I put all the books in order by hard cover or soft cover and the magazines by title and date. It took almost a full day to do that part. I just had to look at them as I was rearranging them. Of course I found a number of quilts that I had planned on doing and just haven't gotten to them. So I made a list that has the book/magazine and the page numbers so I can maybe do a few over then next year. We'll see just how far I get on that project. :). I discovered a while back ago that I never seem to have enough quilting books. There are always techniques and designs that I draw from when starting a new quilt. Magazines however I discovered often repeat themselves over the years. The same patterns with maybe just a color difference from an earlier edition. Always beautiful of course. I have become more selective about the magazines I get because of this. I am just wondering how many of you decide on books or magazines that you purchase. I for one love to have my own. The library is nice for some things but I find I would rather be able to have things at a finger's grasp. How do you store your books and magazines. Now I can't imagine throwing away a magazine so I don't even think that would be a question unless you somehow ended up with a second copy of a given magazine. Now I have done that but then given the magazine or book to another quilter. Does anyone keep a list of what they have on hand or do you know by recollection? And last but not least how many quilts do you really complete or even start from the various books or magazines that you have. juliasb -- Conductor of the Squish-mobile ....come and journey with me... from darkness into New Life http://globnet.com/~flair/ |
How do you store your books and magazines. Now I can't imagine
throwing away a magazine so I don't even think that would be a question Actually, I cut out what interests me from mags, file in folders (sorta G), and pitch the rest. Does anyone keep a list of what they have on hand or do you know by recollection? Yah---my 80+ books (hey, I only started this year hehehe) are listed in the puter. They're given a code # by author, and shelved by code. I keep telling self I should do the same with all the mag-stuff in folders, but self refuses to listen. And last but not least how many quilts do you really complete or even start from the various books or magazines that you have. We-e-e-e-e-ll......actually none, so far, but ya just never know. I have incorporated some of the ideas into quilts. -- Jean S |
I don't keep many entire magazines. I take out the pattern or article that
I want to keep, put it in a plastic sheet protector, and put it in a 3 ring binder. The binders I use are covered in a clear plastic with an opening at the top to insert something on the front of the binder. I keep a list on the cover with everything that is in that binder. I have a separate binder for patterns that I purchase. I do them the same way. I keep the lists on my computer, and just update it whenever I add to it. It has really saved me a lot of time. Sherry Starr "juliasb(nospam)" wrote in message ... I have had to take a break from stitching so I can begin other projects for the holidays. Now mind you my quilting will not cease by any means during this time. I needed to clean my studio though so I can get around here and begin on designing my holiday greeting cards and complete a few other projects. One of the projects that was at the top of my list was to go through all my quilting books and magazines. First I couldn't believe I had collected so many over the last 14 years. I put all the books in order by hard cover or soft cover and the magazines by title and date. It took almost a full day to do that part. I just had to look at them as I was rearranging them. Of course I found a number of quilts that I had planned on doing and just haven't gotten to them. So I made a list that has the book/magazine and the page numbers so I can maybe do a few over then next year. We'll see just how far I get on that project. :). I discovered a while back ago that I never seem to have enough quilting books. There are always techniques and designs that I draw from when starting a new quilt. Magazines however I discovered often repeat themselves over the years. The same patterns with maybe just a color difference from an earlier edition. Always beautiful of course. I have become more selective about the magazines I get because of this. I am just wondering how many of you decide on books or magazines that you purchase. I for one love to have my own. The library is nice for some things but I find I would rather be able to have things at a finger's grasp. How do you store your books and magazines. Now I can't imagine throwing away a magazine so I don't even think that would be a question unless you somehow ended up with a second copy of a given magazine. Now I have done that but then given the magazine or book to another quilter. Does anyone keep a list of what they have on hand or do you know by recollection? And last but not least how many quilts do you really complete or even start from the various books or magazines that you have. juliasb -- Conductor of the Squish-mobile ...come and journey with me... from darkness into New Life http://globnet.com/~flair/ |
I believe you are much more organized than me :). It never occurred
to me to cut out just the stuff of interest and put it in an organized folder of sorts. As I think about cataloging things I get overwhelmed somewhat. Could it be that I have to many books and magazines???? (is that possible?) I do a lot of idea searches from my magazines and books... though truthfully I have only made a few that actually resemble a quilt I saw in a magazine. Those have been appliqué patterns that I liked. Admittedly my quilts did not look anything like the ones on the cover :). juliasb Neeej wrote: How do you store your books and magazines. Now I can't imagine throwing away a magazine so I don't even think that would be a question Actually, I cut out what interests me from mags, file in folders (sorta G), and pitch the rest. Does anyone keep a list of what they have on hand or do you know by recollection? Yah---my 80+ books (hey, I only started this year hehehe) are listed in the puter. They're given a code # by author, and shelved by code. I keep telling self I should do the same with all the mag-stuff in folders, but self refuses to listen. And last but not least how many quilts do you really complete or even start from the various books or magazines that you have. We-e-e-e-e-ll......actually none, so far, but ya just never know. I have incorporated some of the ideas into quilts. -- Jean S -- Conductor of the Squish-mobile ....come and journey with me... from darkness into New Life http://globnet.com/~flair/ |
Looks like I will have to start considering this option. Would save a
lot of valuable space. Give me more stash space. That is always important. juliasb Sherry Starr wrote: I don't keep many entire magazines. I take out the pattern or article that I want to keep, put it in a plastic sheet protector, and put it in a 3 ring binder. The binders I use are covered in a clear plastic with an opening at the top to insert something on the front of the binder. I keep a list on the cover with everything that is in that binder. I have a separate binder for patterns that I purchase. I do them the same way. I keep the lists on my computer, and just update it whenever I add to it. It has really saved me a lot of time. Sherry Starr "juliasb(nospam)" wrote in message ... I have had to take a break from stitching so I can begin other projects for the holidays. Now mind you my quilting will not cease by any means during this time. I needed to clean my studio though so I can get around here and begin on designing my holiday greeting cards and complete a few other projects. One of the projects that was at the top of my list was to go through all my quilting books and magazines. First I couldn't believe I had collected so many over the last 14 years. I put all the books in order by hard cover or soft cover and the magazines by title and date. It took almost a full day to do that part. I just had to look at them as I was rearranging them. Of course I found a number of quilts that I had planned on doing and just haven't gotten to them. So I made a list that has the book/magazine and the page numbers so I can maybe do a few over then next year. We'll see just how far I get on that project. :). I discovered a while back ago that I never seem to have enough quilting books. There are always techniques and designs that I draw from when starting a new quilt. Magazines however I discovered often repeat themselves over the years. The same patterns with maybe just a color difference from an earlier edition. Always beautiful of course. I have become more selective about the magazines I get because of this. I am just wondering how many of you decide on books or magazines that you purchase. I for one love to have my own. The library is nice for some things but I find I would rather be able to have things at a finger's grasp. How do you store your books and magazines. Now I can't imagine throwing away a magazine so I don't even think that would be a question unless you somehow ended up with a second copy of a given magazine. Now I have done that but then given the magazine or book to another quilter. Does anyone keep a list of what they have on hand or do you know by recollection? And last but not least how many quilts do you really complete or even start from the various books or magazines that you have. juliasb -- Conductor of the Squish-mobile ...come and journey with me... from darkness into New Life http://globnet.com/~flair/ -- Conductor of the Squish-mobile ....come and journey with me... from darkness into New Life http://globnet.com/~flair/ |
But, but, but - how do you not know that sometime down the road you'll
become interested in something else that was in that magazine and now it's tossed. I just can't rip up magazines. Lots of times something I'm not interested in at the time I get it will grab my interest later on. -- Donna in Idaho! Project Linus Boise/SW Idaho Coordinator Website: http://donnakwilts.tripod.com/ The ultimate inspiration is the deadline! Remove ".remove.invalid" to reply "Sherry Starr" wrote in message news:P%xrb.112252$mZ5.744923@attbi_s54... I don't keep many entire magazines. I take out the pattern or article that I want to keep, put it in a plastic sheet protector, and put it in a 3 ring binder. The binders I use are covered in a clear plastic with an opening at the top to insert something on the front of the binder. I keep a list on the cover with everything that is in that binder. I have a separate binder for patterns that I purchase. I do them the same way. I keep the lists on my computer, and just update it whenever I add to it. It has really saved me a lot of time. Sherry Starr "juliasb(nospam)" wrote in message ... I have had to take a break from stitching so I can begin other projects for the holidays. Now mind you my quilting will not cease by any means during this time. I needed to clean my studio though so I can get around here and begin on designing my holiday greeting cards and complete a few other projects. One of the projects that was at the top of my list was to go through all my quilting books and magazines. First I couldn't believe I had collected so many over the last 14 years. I put all the books in order by hard cover or soft cover and the magazines by title and date. It took almost a full day to do that part. I just had to look at them as I was rearranging them. Of course I found a number of quilts that I had planned on doing and just haven't gotten to them. So I made a list that has the book/magazine and the page numbers so I can maybe do a few over then next year. We'll see just how far I get on that project. :). I discovered a while back ago that I never seem to have enough quilting books. There are always techniques and designs that I draw from when starting a new quilt. Magazines however I discovered often repeat themselves over the years. The same patterns with maybe just a color difference from an earlier edition. Always beautiful of course. I have become more selective about the magazines I get because of this. I am just wondering how many of you decide on books or magazines that you purchase. I for one love to have my own. The library is nice for some things but I find I would rather be able to have things at a finger's grasp. How do you store your books and magazines. Now I can't imagine throwing away a magazine so I don't even think that would be a question unless you somehow ended up with a second copy of a given magazine. Now I have done that but then given the magazine or book to another quilter. Does anyone keep a list of what they have on hand or do you know by recollection? And last but not least how many quilts do you really complete or even start from the various books or magazines that you have. juliasb -- Conductor of the Squish-mobile ...come and journey with me... from darkness into New Life http://globnet.com/~flair/ |
Though considering what is said about just saving what you are
interested in is just why I haven't been able to cut anything out. I am so afraid that I might want something down the line. I may not be queen of packrats but I just can't throw much of anything away. Years ago I believed if I hadn't used it in a year it would hit the trash... not anymore! When I moved here the hardest thing to give away and leave behind was many many of my books. Of course I chose to keep my quilting books and magazines but so many others had to find new homes. When I was straightening out the books and magazines the other day I found my most treasured crafting project patterns that I had put in binders. I had to put them else where. However they are never far away. As horrible as it may sound, I now have to store books on a bookshelf in the bathroom. I am just out of space and no where else to put another bookshelf. Though cutting up my magazines is something I must consider it will be a hard choice to make. juliasb Donna in Idaho (remove invalid) wrote: But, but, but - how do you not know that sometime down the road you'll become interested in something else that was in that magazine and now it's tossed. I just can't rip up magazines. Lots of times something I'm not interested in at the time I get it will grab my interest later on. -- Conductor of the Squish-mobile ....come and journey with me... from darkness into New Life http://globnet.com/~flair/ |
Regarding that idea of cutting out what interests you and tossing the
rest of the magazine.... I did that many years back. Then, when I went thru what I had saved, I was left sitting there pondering *why* had I saved these photos and directions??? By that time, they weren't colors that appealed to me and the quilts were styles that didn't appeal to me, either. Then I started worrying what I might have thrown away! bg I now save the entire magazine, storage problems or not, because I realize how my tastes and abilities change, sometimes drastically, as do the quilts I will need to make- for gifts, babies, donations, etc. Just a thought.... ;-) Leslie The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me- My dogs aren't my whole life...they make my life whole. RCTQ- Houston 2004..... A good friend will come and bail you out of jail.... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn... that was fun!" |
Same here. But I'd love to figure out a system for keeping track of what's
in what. Especially with Quilters Newsletter Magazine where the covers are often so similar. I think someone's mentioned copying the Contents pages. That might be a start. --Heidi "The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me" wrote in message ... Regarding that idea of cutting out what interests you and tossing the rest of the magazine.... I did that many years back. Then, when I went thru what I had saved, I was left sitting there pondering *why* had I saved these photos and directions??? By that time, they weren't colors that appealed to me and the quilts were styles that didn't appeal to me, either. Then I started worrying what I might have thrown away! bg I now save the entire magazine, storage problems or not, because I realize how my tastes and abilities change, sometimes drastically, as do the quilts I will need to make- for gifts, babies, donations, etc. Just a thought.... ;-) Leslie The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me- My dogs aren't my whole life...they make my life whole. RCTQ- Houston 2004..... A good friend will come and bail you out of jail.... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn... that was fun!" |
I subscribe to Quilters Newsletter Magazine, American Quilter (AQS),
Quilting Arts and Craft Report. I buy a magazine at the bookstore now and then when something interests me particularly, but for the most part, I don't get magazines for the patterns and directions since I can draft them myself (and draft them myself anyway even when I have the directions). They're stacked neatly by title and date on the floor under the bookshelf where they're moderately easy to get to. When a new one comes, I read it right away, then put it in a milk crate. When the milk crate gets full, I take out all the magazines and file them under the bookshelf. (And drop off at the library the non-quilting related ones like Discover Magazine, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker.) I'm not satisfied with this system. It is great when someone says to look at the picture in a particular magazine because that's the quilt she's making. I love that. But when I'm stuck for an idea, the lack of a useful catalog is driving me nuts. Right now is the perfect example. I've been making 12" blocks in an unusual color scheme (brick, turquoise, yellow, grey). Each block is a little different and more complicated than I usually make. I think they look very cool together in a non-traditional way. I want to give them a setting that sets them off well. I'm happy with my color choices of fabrics that will pull all the blocks together but want more pictures of examples of settings. On point is good, but on point with sashing would be better, and if the sashing had pieced stars in it, that might be best, but what about flying geese around each block? I've been paging through Sharyn Craig's _Setting Solutions_ which is a wonderful resource, but I want more. I just know there are quilts in those magazines that have the idea I want in them, but I don't want to page through 10 years' worth to find them, and while I know I could look up a quilt by the maker's name, I can't very well look something up under "settings, cool ideas." Similarly, sometimes I want to look at quilts with a particular color scheme. I'm intrigued at the moment with monochromatic or all neutral quilts. I've seen some in tans, greys and blacks that stood out as unusual and pretty, but I can't look up "color scheme, tan and black." The librarian in me is thinking about a catalog. I'd come up with subject headings for the way *I* want to look up subjects. That would be color schemes, settings, subjects like blocks that look like chickens or techniques that use fusibles. It would be a huge undertaking, and I'm sure it wouldn't sell for a price that recoup the time I put into it, but I still love the idea. Folks, if you could buy a CD-ROM that cataloged your quilting magazines, how would you want to look up subjects? --Lia juliasb(nospam) wrote: How do you store your books and magazines. Now I can't imagine throwing away a magazine so I don't even think that would be a question unless you somehow ended up with a second copy of a given magazine. Now I have done that but then given the magazine or book to another quilter. Does anyone keep a list of what they have on hand or do you know by recollection? And last but not least how many quilts do you really complete or even start from the various books or magazines that you have. juliasb |
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