Alphabetizing Designer names

Where would you expect to find it? That one is a judgement call. I would file it under D, but others may disagree.

Lizzie*Kate goes under L. They use an asterisk/star between the two names, so it's one word not two.

Art-Stitch Artful Impressions ArtVenture (punctuation/end of word comes before letters; letters are in alphabetical order regardless of capitalisation (unless you're dealing with O', de*, Mac/Mc or the like))

jenn (library aide for umpteen years)

-- Jenn Ridley : snipped-for-privacy@chartermi.net WIP: Water Lilies, Rose Trio, Be Mine, Emperor's Coat II, Carousel Most recently Finished: Romance, Halloween Circle, Always be a Wildflower Stitching log:

I've gone for the D. Now if it was Turner-Diehl, would it be under T?

Do you know I'd never noticed that before! My Excel file has been updated!

That's the rule I couldn't not remember or find!

Thanks!!!

Cheryl

Impressions,

Art-Stitch Artful Impressions ArtVenture (If you`re sure you didn`t mean to put a hyphen in there - otherwise it would come after Art Stitch)

Not too sure about the other two!

Pat P

Pat P

Laughing hard ! I file anything where I think I might be able to remember where I would have put it lololol

I used your method when I worked and it drove my boss absolutely crazy.

Lucille

I'm in an anal mood!

Cheryl

Now that is called high order job security lol

Must be because you went back to school lol My filing system works very well. For instance in my address book some of the people are filed by first name and some by last name but I always remember which place to look. I only had difficulty with one, so I wrote him in under first name and again under last name, solved that one lol As you get older, you get more canny.

Cheryl Isaak said

You aren't the phone book or the dictionary, are you? File things as Jenn said by where you'd most likely find them when/if you wanted them.

Regardless of how you organize the charts, you might also have a little black hole or a colony of borrowers that will make recovery of an item pretty difficult.

-- Brenda

Actually, I've been cross checking between the two - physical and the spread sheet, but I wanted to make sure I was giving Excel the "right" data!

Cheryl

As other people have pointed out it is your data base, and the only thing that matters, I would guess, is that you can use the data base to find things in the future. Surely there is no reason why things cannot be in twice or even three times. Use whatever method you are most likely to find helpful when you want to find something. The first time I used a Darice box to keep thread in, I solemnly put the colours in exact DMC number order. I have since learned that the best way for me to keep them is the way I can find the colors quickly. Some get sorted by color; some by number; some just because I can remember where I put them the last time I used them. It is my box, and I store them the way I find to be most useful. HTH.

-- Jim Cripwell. From Canada. Land of the Key Bird. This creature of doom flies over the frozen tundra in winter, shrieking its dreaded call; "Key, Key, Key, Key rist but it's cold!!"

On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:07:08 -0400, Cheryl Isaak muttered something like:

Could be worse. I filed mine by subject with sub-categories by designer. I think I need professional help. But what good is a big hoard of charts if you can't gloat over them?

I think the most important thing is that you use whatever system makes sense to you, so you can find it again (in theory). If the first thing that comes to mind is T, file it under T. Then when you think "I'd like to look at that chart by Liz Turner Diehl," the first place you naturally think to look is probably the same as the first place you naturally thought to put it. That's the advantage of a filing system that's just for you and nobody else.

-Bertha

At the risk of sounding too anal, I put things into a database and can "slice and dice" by any column name - designer, subject, kit, chart, etc.

A woman after my heart!

Cheryl

On Thu, 26 May 2005 19:24:53 GMT, Sallys Mom muttered something like:

I did make a database once, but I didn't keep up with entering the new ones. I'm anal, but I'm also lazy. :P

-Bertha

Some data bases allow one to sort by various criteria. So depending on how you set it up you could sort by say theme of the project or main subject . Say for instance you had a column with a heading of theme or main subject you could then ask it to sort by say seashells if you were looking for a seashell pattern. I set one up about 10 years ago and it worked fine but I found I enjoy leafing through them more until I find what I am looking for. So now the only filing is by form eg. Hardanger, mixed technique, pulled thread etc. or by magazine eg. Stitch, Burda etc. I am just to tactile for data bases. LOL! I keep them in binders or in those standup magazine holder thingies. Ruby

There's a thought!

Cheryl