How do you organize your books/patterns?

[mendedbowl]

i lay my large books in a stack horizontally on the shelf with the spines facing out so i can read the titles. small patterns go into a separate file folder with a label. larger patterns are rolled and go into labeled mailing tubes.

a few tips:

-you can pick up lots of free used mailing tubes at the post office (where they keep the p.o. boxes) around the first of the year when companies mail out their promotional calendars. you would be surprised how many people just throw perfectly good tubes away.

-when you roll a pattern, roll it with the side that goes against the leather to the inside. that way when you use it, it will tend to curl down against the leather instead of rolling up like a scroll.

ken

Edited April 16, 2009 by mendedbowl