I must confess.
I HAD a 5 shelf commercial bookcase in my sewing studio FILLED with books and magazines. (Hey, I’m a librarian by trade!)
Today, I still have the bookcase, but 60% of the books and nearly all the magazines are gone. What’s left will be arranged by subject (garments sewing quilting, embroidery, general reference, craft business, kid’s sewing, etc.).
I donated the last of the books to Better World Books this morning. Apparently, several others in my area must have had the same idea! The organization has several collection bins locally. I had to go to 3 separate locations before I found a bin that had room to take my books.
Moving forward: I’ve been sewing for a long time. Honestly, it seems that much of the content published in books and magazines today is simply old content repackaged and gussied up a bit. I already have a good print collection in my personal library. In the future, I’ll look to borrow books from the local library or simply flip through them at the newsstand. My wallet will thank me! My print magazine subscription list has also been narrowed down to: Block Magazine (Missouri Star Quilt Company) and American Patchwork & Quilting (Meredith).
While I prefer printed books and magazines for pleasure reading/browsing, I find myself moving more and more toward a paperless office with the record-keeping side of the business. I use an app to keep up with the die-cuts for my Sizzix and Accuquilt Go! systems. It took some time to input the data, but boy, does it save time when planning projects and needing to see a photo of the finished applique for placement of the cut pieces.
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