My partner would tell you that 1) I have too many, 2) I am obsessed and 3) I have more than a professional costume shop (aka I have too many).
Nonsense!
There's always room for Jell-O! I mean, patterns!
Many years ago, I discovered these boxes at TJ Maxx. It is the only store that carries the correct sizes. They are from Tri-Coastal Designs, offer a variety of box styles and designs.
I now have fourteen boxes and I need at least four more! One is a much larger size (hard to see it at this angle, it is the bottom left one), that I thought I bought by accident. However, there are a few patterns envelopes that are jumbo in size and fit perfectly in this huge box.
A month ago, I thought of an idea to take office boxes and cover them with wrapping paper. Office boxes are awesome for storage, but not so great to look at. I bought three different wrapping designs and went to town.
Note to self, never buy glitter paper again. EVER! I find that "stuff" everywhere now (in picture below, it is the light-pink-with-tiny-white-glitter-grr-hearts).
I decided that I would swap my patterns into these, then put them in my new storage area--a shelf a foot plus from the ceiling.
Heavy boxes, plump full of patterns, above my head and in mass quantities did not go over well and as you can see they are now getting filled with lighter materials!
So, I put them all back in their original boxes. I think they missed each other, anyways.
Where I had my patterns originally and now is much easier for me to move and find. I have them all labeled with the kind of patterns inside a small, pretty, handled box.
An open pattern box view.
These boxes are adorable and way easier to deal with than those large office boxes. They are better suited for the oodles of ribbon pieces and scraps that I have amassed. It is amazing to see the variety and a lot easier for a short person like me to get down from such heights (with help , of course!).
I am trying to catalog them. I lately got three duplicates of the same size. Oops. If anyone has a good idea other than a spreadsheet, please let me know. When I get that done, I can tell you how many I have...
It also doesn't help that I am terrible when it comes to putting patterns away, right away when I am done using them. It's going to take me many hours to get all those pieces collected, ironed and put away. Hence, this huge mess that I keep talking about.
I'm going to get my sewing room put all back together then I will have to move it. It was the old kitchen, now my sewing room to be torn apart and become a bedroom.
I better get cracking! So I can enjoy the completed vision longer.
~Me
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