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This is one idea I have been pondering. Making a .pdf file of the cover
and the table of content of each magazine. It would be, for me, much easier to scan the pages and know that I have all the relevant information. juliasb hfw wrote: 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!" -- Conductor of the Squish-mobile ....come and journey with me... from darkness into New Life http://globnet.com/~flair/ |
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QNM has an Index by year. I think I saw it on their website....
Butterfly hfw wrote: 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!" |
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I keep a computerized list of the quilting books I own and I try to update it
every now and then. Magazines are a problem. They multiply quickly! I keep my QNM issues in notebooks and download the indexes from their web site. Other magazines I want to keep are in magazine holders. Periodically I go through them and cut out articles I want to save. I file the parts I keep and toss the rest in the magazine recycling box. I don't generally keep patterns, but I save pictures of quilts for various reasons such as color, pattern, sashing, border, or quilting ideas. It's amazing the number of log cabin quilts that have been pictured over the years! Sandy in Chapel Hill, NC 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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I subscribe to just two magazines. I go through them and select what
interests me and add them to an index I keep on a database program. Now, I wonder if I'll end up where Leslie did--wondering why I chose what I chose and should I maybe go through them again. Hmmmm. -- Ruth in Happy Camp "hfw" wrote in message ... 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!" |
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I have to jump in on this one. Just this summer I have been sorting and
going thru and taking to a rumage sale and giving away books and magazines and material. I was getting overflo on everything and I was finding that I coudn't even concentrate on what I was doing to begin with which was quilting. I need to do all this again. When I worked I piled in the magazines and books and fabric for when I retired. Now I am retired and I had the books and magazines in the attic and under the bed. In drawers and in the basement. I do not have storage to begin with. A few of the books like Quilting for Dummies I refer to but for the ones that are out of the house I do not miss. I don't often get in a mood for sorting and I need to do it again. I have never made anything out of the books or magazines but did enjoy looking and reading them. I got like this with cookbooks also. Wish I had all the money I spent on quilting magazines and books. I think Clean Sweep from TV is sinking in my brain somewhat..Michele |
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I realize
how my tastes and abilities change, sometimes drastically, as do the quilts I will need to make- for gifts, babies, donations, etc. I did consider that, but my ideas for projects multiply much faster than any actual doing gets did, so I'm not gonna worry about the throw-outs. Prolly will weed the files every century or so, to get rid of the what-was-I-thinkings and I've-grown-past-its -- Jean S |
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Thanks for saying this. I too, love Clean Sweep. I doubt if you came
back 6 months later though that those people really changed their behavior. But it's nice to be given a fresh start sometimes. Not to mention have an organized place for those things that are important to you. I go thru and rip magazines, just keeping the pictures or patterns that inspire me. I'm more diligent now about tossing them into the sheet protectors in 3-ring binders now. Every so often, it's so nice to sit back and relax with one of them in my lap. If I come back a month or five years later and see something that doesn't "do" it for me, out it goes as well. What I'm left with are quilts very similar. For instance, I seem to have a lot of log cabins sitting in there. Hmmmm is that a hint from on high? Grins. Elena in Tx all the usual disclaimers, YMMV, IMHO, FWIW, NBC, AAA, PDQ, ASAP... wrote in message ... I have to jump in on this one. Just this summer I have been sorting and going thru and taking to a rumage sale and giving away books and magazines and material. I was getting overflo on everything and I was finding that I coudn't even concentrate on what I was doing to begin with which was quilting. I need to do all this again. When I worked I piled in the magazines and books and fabric for when I retired. Now I am retired and I had the books and magazines in the attic and under the bed. In drawers and in the basement. I do not have storage to begin with. A few of the books like Quilting for Dummies I refer to but for the ones that are out of the house I do not miss. I don't often get in a mood for sorting and I need to do it again. I have never made anything out of the books or magazines but did enjoy looking and reading them. I got like this with cookbooks also. Wish I had all the money I spent on quilting magazines and books. I think Clean Sweep from TV is sinking in my brain somewhat..Michele |
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Howdy!
Dear Madam, The Museum of Things That May Possibly Be Necessary One Day is looking for a new curator-- you interested? VBG Ragmop/Sandy--no further comment; some of the things I keep: *sheesh* what AM I thinking?!!??! "Donna in Idaho (remove invalid)" wrote in message ... 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$mZ5.744923@attbi_s54... I don't keep many entire magazines. I take out the pattern or article that I want to keep, put it in a plastic sheet protector, and put it in a 3 ring binder. The binders I use are covered in a clear plastic with an opening at the top to insert something on the front of the binder. I keep a list on the cover with everything that is in that binder. I have a separate binder for patterns that I purchase. I do them the same way. I keep the lists on my computer, and just update it whenever I add to it. It has really saved me a lot of time. Sherry Starr |
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Thanks, Raggedy, but no thanks! Can't keep track of my own stuff, sure
wouldn't want to be the curator of lots of people's stuff! -- Donna in Idaho! Project Linus Boise/SW Idaho Coordinator Website: http://donnakwilts.tripod.com/ The ultimate inspiration is the deadline! Remove ".remove.invalid" to reply " Ellison" wrote in message ... Howdy! Dear Madam, The Museum of Things That May Possibly Be Necessary One Day is looking for a new curator-- you interested? VBG Ragmop/Sandy--no further comment; some of the things I keep: *sheesh* what AM I thinking?!!??! "Donna in Idaho (remove invalid)" wrote in message ... But, but, but - how do you not know that sometime down the road you'll become interested in something else that was in that magazine and now it's tossed. I just can't rip up magazines. Lots of times something I'm not interested in at the time I get it will grab my interest later on. -- Donna in Idaho! Project Linus Boise/SW Idaho Coordinator Website: http://donnakwilts.tripod.com/ The ultimate inspiration is the deadline! Remove ".remove.invalid" to reply "Sherry Starr" wrote in message news:P%xrb.112252$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 |
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I have complete runs of QNM and BH&G's AP&Q. I often take a few copies
out, at random, and each time I find projects and ideas that I'd forgotten about. I keep magazines in magazine file boxes. (12 were were bought at a library moving sale and 24 others bought years ago from a library supply company....IMO cereal boxes are too flimsy and I buy liquid, not powdered, laundry detergent [can't tolerate the scent].) I have miscellaneous copies of other magazines (I look for them at used book sales). If an issue has no lasting appeal I offer it for sale through Quilting Traders Newsletter or QuiltMarket. If there is a project that looks possible I tear it out and if I feel so inclined I three-hole punch it and put it in a notebook. Sunday afternoon I went through an accumulation of Internet printouts and torn-out articles -- some of the former dating to 1995 and some of the latter to the 1970's. I pitched a lot. Felt virtuous! Nann |
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