I haven't really posted lately, I've been working on a few projects for a baby shower and of course being the mother of an energetic toddler and a LPN by day. If only there were a few more hours in the day. Anyways my latest project goes along with my quest for organization, some how managing to get the over flowing patterns under control.
As previously mentioned I love thrift shopping, last fall I came across this treasure. $10 for the whole box, seems like a great deal to me. Add a few I've collected over the years and all together I have 105 patterns. The only problem is some of the packages are in rough despair.
My solution is simple, replace them. So I ran up to my town's Dollar General and purchased a bunch of these 6 by 9 clasped catalog envelopes and a package of glue sticks.
I knew I wanted to still see the pattern that was in my envelope so I cut the picture off the front of the pattern package and used my glue stick to paste to the front of my envelop. I used a marker to label any info I may have cut of like the pattern maker and number along with the size of the pattern. I also saved the back that provides the information regarding yardage and such then placed in the the envelop.
Occasionally I came across a few package that was too destroyed to reuse the photo. I just use the pattern info and googled it, I was then able to print a picture of the pattern. I also used this method for a few of the more valuable vintage patterns, then placed the whole pattern including the package in my envelop to ensure it's original integrity. As an after thought I about a quarter way through I also began marking the year of the pattern on the back of my envelops.
So far so good, I really like the results. Everything looks neat and stream lined. Unfortunately I ran out of envelopes and it just so happens that I bought the DG out of there supply. I really need to make a trip to the Office Max the next town over, but it keeps slipping my mind while I'm in town.
