A bit ago, there was some discussion about how poorly installed the zipper was in Lady Di's blue chiffon dress. I knew the dress looked familiar and that I had a pattern quite similar to it, but it's taken me a few weeks to get into the pattern stash to look for it. Turns out it's an old Vogue pattern (purchased, but never made, back in the dark ages when I harbored dreams of becoming an opera singer :)). It's available on ebay (not my copy -- I'm a *cough*closeted*cough* pattern collector), if anyone wants a look at it:
On a more practical note, how does everyone keep track of their patterns? I'm currently setting up a database with salient pattern info, plus a thumbnail and link to pictures of the pattern envelopes. And I think I'll eventually add links to notes and pictures of finished projects.
And now that I'm tracing pattern pieces (and figuring out how to alter them to actually fit me), there's a lot of extra paper hanging about -- how does everyone organize those? I'm considering making over-sized envelopes from brown paper (we have a *big* roll on-hand), so that folding is kept to a minimum, then sliding them into a box for safekeeping after appropriate labeling.
Any thoughts?
-j (the mostly-lurker who rambles)