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Make It Easy:  Tip for storing magazines, patterns  |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Feb 03 2007 : 5:50:28 PM
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On the machine knitting list someone posted that she buys her wine in the "box" - and that these boxes, when empty, cut on the diagonal and covered with wrapping paper, make great knitting pattern holders. What a great idea! I've looked at detergent boxes for this before but they usually have powder detergent all over them, cereal boxes are too flimsy, but I think the wine boxes might work great since they are fairly sturdy and the inside is protected by the liner.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Erin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 04 2007 : 12:23:15 AM
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I have some plastic boxes that I got at Wal-greens, I think, that were designed to serve as small file boxes (for files) but when turned sideways, they are just the right width for patterns. And they are translucent, so you can see what's inside. I sorted my patterns by type - kids/babies, dolls, accessories, pants/skirts, etc... and then in each box, I used a single sheet of paper with the category written on it, placed it in the box, writing facing outwards, to make finding patterns easier.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2007 : 3:47:51 PM
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Brenda-
If you have cardboard laundry soap boxes you could vacuum the remnant of the powder out and then take a quick swipe or two with a slightly damp rag. Then you could cover with scrap fabric or wrapping paper.
Thanks for posing this tip. I think I am going to use it to organize a few different areas of my house!
Alee |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2007 : 08:47:37 AM
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Brenda,
check out the "IKEA" store website....
I bought flat fold decorative (they have plain ones to, for you deco yourself) magazine boxes.
The plain were 3 for $1.99. They come flat, you just fold them into shape. really simlpe & they are very sturdy.
I thought it would be fun to decogage them with a favorite theme or use gift wrap,,,or how about photo copying a page of the particular magazines you are storing in it, decopage they copy onto the sides of the magazine storage box...label the spine and Voila!
p.s.....we are moving along nicely, house goes on the market in 2 weeks...hope to meet up w/you by late summer.
tata-4-now
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - Apr 22 2007 : 08:50:26 AM
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Brenda,
OOPS! my bad, I forget, you are the Brenda in Ohio,,,,my P.S. note was for the Brenda in Spokane Wash.
sorry,,,,my coffee hasn't kicked in yet! hahaha!
tata-4-now
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom. |
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BotanicalBath
True Blue Farmgirl
1014 Posts
Elizabeth
Ohio
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Posted - May 05 2007 : 11:05:57 PM
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USPS Flat rate boxes work perfectally for the traditional sized paterns (butterick, mc calls and simplicity).
Since I do a lot of shipping to and from the west coast... I always have a bunch. When they have not been crushed by the post office, I save them to store my pattern collection. I guess you could cover them with paper to make them prettier. But Free is good.
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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Posted - May 07 2007 : 08:49:49 AM
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what a good idea, we have a few of the boxes in the garage,,,hmmmm, time to decougage them for pattren holders.
tata-4-now
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom. |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - May 09 2007 : 06:29:11 AM
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E,
Do you cut them on the diagonal and get two boxes out of them?
"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."
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JenniferJuniper
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jennifer
New Hampshire
USA
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Posted - May 20 2007 : 5:13:00 PM
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| For storing magazies, I buy a package of the plain, ugly cardboard magazine files fom the office supply store, then use a gluestick & scrapbook paper to dress them up. Works like a charm. |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
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Posted - May 22 2007 : 8:25:49 PM
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I store my patterns in a long box that florists receive their wholesale flowers in. They usually will have a bunch of them to be recycled early in the week when they get their wholesale flower shipments. What I like about these boxes is they are heavy industrial cardboard, long and skinny and most patterns will fit standing up so you can put dividers to further organize the patterns by type. Folkwear Patterns and old wide Vogue patterns have to get stored flat but usually that isn't the majority of what I have.The boxes will fit under your bed or almost anywhere you have a long relatively narrow space and one box can hold maybe 70+ patterns. It works for me and they are all together in one place now!
I'll second the Ikea boxes, they work great and you can customize!
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Edited by - bramble on May 22 2007 8:27:39 PM |
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Peg Graham
True Blue Farmgirl
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Peg
Chesapeake
Virginia
USA
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Posted - May 23 2007 : 6:06:19 PM
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My friend uses gallon sized Ziplock bags to store patterns, then places each ziplock in a labeled file folder and into a file cabinet. Then, she keeps tally of each pattern alphabetically in a file box for easy finding and numbers the ziplocked pattern...example:
Apron= A1
Apron (child)= A2
So, when she needs to find something she goes to her file box first to locate the item, then to her cabinet and looks under the alphabet and it's number. viola!
HINT: you can add a picture to each file card or the exact name and descrption to the card for easier access.
miles of smiles~
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Edited by - Peg Graham on May 23 2007 6:07:39 PM |
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shepherdess
True Blue Farmgirl
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Robin
Eatonville
Washington
USA
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Posted - May 24 2007 : 11:46:36 PM
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I put my knitting patterns in plastic sleeves and put them in a 3 ring binder . It is wonderful . You can sit down and look at them just like a book.
Farm Girl from Western Washington
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Make It Easy: Tip for storing magazines, patterns |
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Tip for storing magazines, patterns
