Hi i organize mine by theme and type but everyone has great ideas
leaflets are in curver boxes under my bed, no system there except for my own lol.
charts stored on computer by subject.
i don't have that many, as my taste changes reguraly and i rather hoard aida & threads
I have a few saved on my computer but mostly I have hard copies which I just keep in a couple of plastic crates. The ones that I have printed off I keep together in a plastic sleeve. They are in no particular order as I quite enjoy just fossicking through them all!
I use folders with the designer´s name
sorting by subject can make patterns hard to find, I first sort by designer or book or mag name, then cross ref to subjects, it helps keep me organized and I can find paterns very quickly
LoL! I came upon this post at first thinking "Does nobody buy hard copies anymore?". :) I keep my soft copies in my external. Folders separated by Designer then subfolders of the books/magazines. But if I don't know who designed them, I put them in categories. I find the following categories useful:
Animals (land/water/air), People, Floral and Fauna, Fantasy (mermaids, fairies, dragons, angels, wizards, miscellaneous), Land and Seascape, Wisdom and Sayings, Humor, Occasions, Houses and Homestuff, Popular cartoon/characters, Food, Christmas
As for my hardcopies...Books are in a tall pile as of now on my shelf. Leaflets and booklets are in clear books. :D
I organized my hard copy in Folder under the name of designer.
My soft copy I organized on a external harddisc. There I have two folder.
In the first I put all patterns inside like "Designer Name - Pattern Name).
In the second folder I have only the pics from the patterns, organized in categorys like Christmas etc. . And the pics have the same name like the folder where the patterns inside.
So when I´m searching a pattern I looking first the pics and after find easerly the pattern.
Maybe I wrote a bit complicated, but really, it´s an easy system. Just few more works in first time to organize. But very organized. I love that!!! :D
Cheers,
talisa
I organise my patterns by theme and genre,
Eg: Couple, Animals, Group, Objects...ect
Then some times regroup them, like for animals: Bears, Bunnys...ect
And then with the file name i change it so that it has the maker and patt number with a small description
Eg:SODA_so-354
It might take a while but listing with descriptions is faster than having to remember them.
Reply 26# pandawitch
I have so many "hard copy patterns" originals of course and magazines. Keep them safe in filing/flat boxes under subject name.Easier to find that way.
Need to find a quiet time/s to sort my patterns on disks. But to find a pattern, I can search by name or designer.Works for me. Just won't live enough life times to stitch them all. lol
I keep my " hard copy charts" in a filing drawer.. The others are stored on the computer, but this is a bit of a shambles at the moment.. I backup all my computer files on an external hard drive. I just need to spend a bit of time sorting it all out..