Like many people, I designate the month of January as a time to get organized. I plan to do some drawer cleaning in my studio and some closet/shelf cleaning in my house.

One of the things that I am not happy with is my quilting book organization. I have made a good start but it needs some refinement.

Here is what I use now……

Years ago I purchased a program called “Book Collector“

It is a great program!!

I can enter the ISBN number of each book and all of the relevant information is loaded into the program.

So, I have a perfect listing of all of my books.

BUT….how do I find a certain book when I want it??

Right now I have them roughly divided into groups…..

• Scrap Quilt Books
• Technique Books
• Free Motion Quilting Books
• Surface Design Books
• Applique books
• etc….

…and that works pretty well, but I still spend an inordinate amount of time when I am looking for a SPECIFIC book.

I could shelve them by alphabet but then I couldn’t go to a section when I was just generally looking for a book.

Any thoughts that might help me???

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