Almost two years ago I set myself a goal of organizing my sewing room. Unfortunately it is taking much longer than anticipated due to my lack of physical energy, but every little bit helps. I have been enjoying getting different Binders, Dividers and
other office supplies to try and review on the Amazon Vine program as I am
slowly but surely trying to get all the paper and other items in my sewing room
organized. One of the things that are hard to keep organized is the many
different acrylic templates and rulers and their instructions used in quilting.
For me they and their instructions were all tossed in the same drawer that I
not only had to find the correct template but the instructions to be sure I am
using it and measuring correctly. It is amazing how something that looks so
simple needs to be used carefully so an entire quilt block comes out okay. So
that is what I was working on this time. I had some 3 hole punched plastic
sheet protectors that I put my rulers in and on the actual divider with the
very nice big pocket I tucked the instructions for each of rulers that were in
that section. Five dividers was exactly right for this project. The sheet protectors that I used were not real heavy duty, so I didn't stuff them full. just one or two templates/rulers was sufficient.
There were divider tabs that could be run through your
printer with instructions on how to set them up at the Avery website, but for 5
dividers I decided it was much easier and quicker to write what I needed on
each tab an slip them in. Some tabs were rather a tight fit, but I would rather
have that than divider tabs that are too loose and the tabs would then fall
out. For someone that is putting together a lot of notebooks with the dividers,
I can see them setting up a template in the computer and then printing it out
and they would be much more professional looking. As it is, I am happy that I
now will no longer have to rummage around looking for the correct ruler and
instructions. Ever minute spared looking for something is a minute more to do
what I really like.
Compared to what was available back in the stone age when I
went to school, it is nice that people can have a choice in exactly what they
need in dividers, binders, tabs, etc. so that their notebooks meets their needs
exactly and Avery works hard to give you those choices.
