SEPTEMBER  4, 2025I

s your stash starting to expand and invading other areas than your sewing studio?  Then it is time to ask a few questions:Are your muffin bins topped and about to explode at any minute? 
Do you feel overwhelmed? Not sure how to use it or what to do with it, and almost to the point of giving it away? 
I feel that way too, at times!  Not to worry! I believe I have a cure for this common ailment.  

Each Thursday I will find some ideas and patterns to use up some of the scraps and even some helpful hints to declutter, and control our stash. Today we are going to  look at how we store our paper patterns.  Come on, we all have an addiction to patterns, some are saved and others are printed, especially embroidery patterns.  So, what do you do to keep those piles down?  I have mine printed and in folders and embroidery are clipped together.  Of course, I could do it on my phone and try to read it, but I prefer paper so I can follow along and mark it off as I  go.  I believe that paper piecing is probably the same.
Anyway, here are some ideas.  

From Kittenish Behaviour, Pattern Storage Ideas, Printed, Printed and Self-Drafted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tJpgJfs9kM

From SewVeryEasy, How I store my Sewing Patterns.

2.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz4h8ONGpH4

And from Stash Stitcher, My Unique Way of Storing and Organizing Patterns.

3.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx8WO4tv7Y8

That is all for today and I will see you again next Thursday with more ideas.  Thank you for stopping by!