Apr 20, 2015

Polica za peglanje, Burde i skener


Unazad par meseci bijem bitku sa prostorom u našem malom stanu. Posebno me muče Burde, kojih je sve više, a mesta sve manje, pa su raštrkane svuda unaokolo, praveći haos. Kada smo se pre tri godine uselili u ovaj stan, sa sobom sam ponela samo manji deo svoje kolekcije magazina sa krojevima - većina ih je ostala kod mojih roditelja, i stalno me nervira to što znam da brojne fenomenalne krojeve ne koristim jer mi nisu pri ruci. 

Neko vreme sam dumala o tome kako da rešim ovaj problem, i konačno shvatila da bi najbolje rešenje bilo da su časopisi u digitalnom formatu. To naravno znači da je kompletnu zalihu od otprilike 150 časopisa neophodno skenirati. Shvatih da bih u fotokopirnici platila ovu uslugu papreno skupo i da mi se više isplati da kupim skener i sama obavim posao. 

Đole je posebno oduševljena novom spravicom - ispostavilo se da je odlično mesto za dremku.

Štepalica: Skeniranje Burde

I tako je krenulo beskrajno skreniranje, stranu po stranu. Skeniram samo fotografije modela i krojne sveske, a preskačem članke na nemačkom, kao i reklame. Krojne listove ostavljam u originalnom papirnom formatu, a smeštam ih u registratore. Uz krojni list stavljam i naslovnu stranu časopisa, kako bih lakše prepoznala broj.

U jedan veći registrator uspem da stavim krojne listove iz 24 Burde, što će reći da dve godine Burdi zipujem na prostor koji je fizički otprilike šest puta manji. Rekla bih da je to značajna ušteda.

Štepalica: Burda krojni listovi

Svaki broj Burde konvertujem u PDF fajl, a paralelno pravim i fajl u koji smeštam samo preglede tehničkih crteža iz svih brojeva, sortirane po mesecima i godinama izdanja. Moram priznati da mi je mnogo lakše da pretražujem modele u digitalnom formatu, a krojni listovi su konačno uredno smešteni, i lako ih je ponaći.

Trenutno sam negde na trećini puta, skenirala sam 60ak brojeva, što znači da sam bila veoma vredna. Ne mogu da vam opišem koliko sam nestrpljiva da sredim svoju kolekciju magazina. Pride, dok skeniram Burde nalećem na fenomenalne krojeve koje želim da sašijem - neke nisam ranije zapazila, a nekih sam se potsetila, pa su ponovo dospeli na listu modela koje moram da napravim što pre.

Štepalica: Burda, tehnički crteži

No, i pored značajnog rasterećenja prostora, morala sam da rešim i problem skladištenja pomenutih registratora. U stanu koji je mali kao naš (ima svega 30 kvadrata), svaki kutak mora biti pametno iskorišćen, a najbolje je kada je svaki komad nameštaja multipraktičan. Tako ja reših da ćošak u kom držim dasku za peglanje, iskoristim do poslednjeg milimetra. Umesto klasičnih rasklopivih nogara, zamislila sam da daska stoji na polici u kojoj bih držala krojeve i ostalu krojačku literaturu koju imam. Naravno, policu smo rešili da pravimo po meri. Sami.

Štepalica: Polica za peglanje

Moj muž je projektovao, a ja sam asistirala, pa smo ovog vikenda sami sastavili policu za peglanje. Stavili smo velike točkiće kako bismo lako mogli da je pomeramo, ako se ukaže potreba. Budući da nam je ovo prvi stolarski poduhvat, prilično sam zadovoljna kako smo se snašli - iako nije savršena, mislim da je polica ispala odlična. Sad već smišljam nove komade nameštaja koje bih napravila za svoj krojački kutak.

I da vam dodatno ilustrujem odnos prostora koji zauzimaju časopisi naspram krojnih listova u registratoru - u jedan boks na polici stanu 24 Burde, isti broj Burdi (tj. krojnih listova) stane u jedan registrator.

Štepalica: Polica za peglanje

Kako vi čuvate svoje časopise s krojevima? Imate li neki sistem koji vam olakšava snalaženje i pretragu modela? Kolika je vaša zbirka magazina?

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Ironing board shelf, Burda magazines and a scanner


I've been having problems with insufficient space in our tiny apartment recently. Burda Style mags are specifically troublesome, as their number keeps increasing, while reducing the free space, so the mags are spread all around the apartment, making a true chaos. When we moved in three years ago I took with me only a minor portion of my sewing magazines collection, and left the majority at my parent's. These magazines are never used and I am annoyed by it as I know there are numerous fantastic patterns that just aren't reachable to me.

So I've been thinking for a while about how to fix this problem and finally came to a conclusion that having the patterns in a digital format would be a space saver. That of course meant I had to scan my collection of around 150 issues of sewing magazines. Having them scanned in a copyshop would too expensive, so I invested in a scanner / printer determined to do the hard-work myself.

As it appears, the scanner is a handy place for Djole to take a nap.

Stepalica: Scanning Burda Style magazines

So I started with an endless scanning of the magazines, page by page. I scan the photos of the models, and the workbooks, omitting the articles written in German (we import German issues of Burda and translate to Serbian only the workbooks), and the ads. I keep the pattern sheets in paper format and stack them into big folders. Along with each pattern sheet I put a cover page of the corresponding magazine, which makes it much easier to browse through the patterns.

One big folder can stack pattern sheets from 24 magazines, meaning that I can zip two years worth magazines into space that's six times smaller. I think that is a significant space saver.

Stepalica: Burda Style pattern sheets

Each magazine is saved to a PDF file, and I make an additional file that stores the technical drawings of all the models from all the magazines, sorted by months and years. This makes browsing through the patterns much easier for me, and the pattern sheets are finally well sorted and easy to reach.

I've completed approximately 1/3 of the job, as I scanned around 60 issues. I've been very busy! I can't explain how anxious I am to sort the whole collection of the magazines. While I've been scanning the pages, I noticed so many gorgeous patterns that I want to make as soon as possible. Some of those I haven't noticed before, but some are the ones I have been wanting to sew from the moment I saw them. 

Stepalica: Burda Style, technical drawings

Even though scanning reduced the space the mags were taking, I still had to find a place to store the folders with pattern sheers. When you live in an apartment as tiny as ours is (it has only 30 square meters ~ 323 square feet), each piece of furniture has to be multipractical. So I decided to use a tiny corner where my ironing board was. Instead of having an ironing board with foldable legs, I decided to make it an ironing shelf, where the board would be placed on top of a book shelf which would store all my sewing literature. The shelf had to be custom made. By ourselves (D. and myself).

Stepalica: Ironing board shelf

D. designed it and I assisted while constructing, so this weekend we made the ironing shelf. We put it on big wheels so that the shelf can be easily moved around if needed. Considering this is our first time doing carpentry, the shelf isn't perfect, but I am very pleased with how it turned out. I am already thinking of other pieces of furniture I would like to make for my sewing nook.

To illustrate the ratio between the space the magazines take compared to the folders: one box in the shelf can store 24 magazines, the same number of mags (or the pattern sheets) fits into a single folder.

Stepalica: Ironing board shelf

So, how do you store your sewing magazines? Do you have a special system that makes handling the patterns easier for you? How big is your collection of sewing magazines?

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