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Patterns

Hey everyone,
I'm new to sewing I have a few patterns that I have bought and used to make lots of dress and outfits for my daughter and a few friends..I hate trying to fold those patterns back up and putting them back in the envelope.My question is what would be the easiest way to put them away until I need them again?

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Permalink Reply by Margaret "Marty" Cobb on June 11, 2009 at 2:50pm: I use gallon size ziplock type bags. Works great & I store patterns in those plastic bins with 3 large drawers. Holds quite a bit of patterns & is easy to get to the right one.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kathleen on June 25, 2009 at 12:10pm: I have known people to use skirt hangers for this.

If you use these patterns over and over, you might want to adhere each piece to the plastic side of freezer paper for stability. Since you use a warm iron to do this, be careful, you can mess up your iron/board doing this. To prevent this from happening I would put a layer of tissue paper over my already used pattern when pressing, then cut away on "Cutting line" when done, and the tissue will fall away. This can successfully be done without the tissue if the pattern is "never been cut" new.; ▶ Reply to This