Does anyone have a suggestion for how to store cut-out pattern pieces? I've been keeping mine in one of those boxes that's made to hold magazines... but they're unruley and every time I try to slide a new piece in, it gets caught on another one and bends. So I had this idea and I'm not sure if it's really much better, but I thought I'd at least give it a try.
This is the Document Duvet from Amy Butler's In Stitches: More Than 25 Simple and Stylish Sewing Projects
book. I made it with a decor weight fabric I bought on impulse at Ikea that seemed too "happy" for me to do much with after I got it home.
book. I made it with a decor weight fabric I bought on impulse at Ikea that seemed too "happy" for me to do much with after I got it home. The patterns I've bought at Jo-Ann's come in their own envelopes obviously, and even though they never fold up as neatly after you've used them, I still manage to cram them back into the envelope. Those will stay in the magazine holder box thingie. But, I don't have that many of those. Most of the pattern pieces I have are cut from tutorials, pattern files I've bought online, or designer patterns I've bought in fabric shops that don't come in the traditional envelope. So I'm thinking I'll put each pattern in a ziploc bag, label it with the pattern name, hole punch the top, put them all on a metal ring, and store them in my handy dandy fabric non-manilla folder I just made.
Do you think it'll work? I'd love to hear how you store your patterns!
