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09-06-2010, 03:57 AM

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Laura3

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When I first started quilting about 10 years ago, I received magazine subscriptions from many family members. They started to pile up and I stopped renewing them. Now when I need an idea or new project I just take them pile by pile and go through them. I always find something that I thought about making when I first received the magazine. I now just buy random issues when I see something interesting. They are definitely all starting to run together.

09-06-2010, 10:34 AM

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Dee Dee

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That is a big plus for The Quilter!

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Originally Posted by Dodie

I'm cancelling all of my subscriptions except The Quilter
they seem to have better patterns and they srethe best to work with McCalls had an article in their last magazine saying we could not even hang a quilt in the fair without permission and I don't want to make quilts to hide in the closet so I emailed The Quilter got a very nice letter back and we can use their patterns and the quilts are ours so that made up my mind

09-06-2010, 10:36 AM

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Dee Dee

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I am also drawn to more traditional color combinations and some of the newer magazines are using unusual (sometimes pretty, sometimes not) color combos.

Lady Tapioca]

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Originally Posted by Dee Dee

I see your point! But, I sometimes look at some of the older magazines from special sales and older quilters, and I like them better! I guess a lot of it is personal preference.

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Originally Posted by Lady Tapioca

I'm finding all 3 of the magazines I subscribe to are less
interesting as time goes on. But, I can't decide if it's they
who have changed or my taste and skills. Maybe a bit of both?

I was thinking about what you said about older magazines. I
think the biggest difference I see is the older quilts are more made with templates.
So many recent patterns are designed for rotary cutting that we seem to get a lot of squares
and rectangles. I think that cuts down on the "interest factor".[/quote]

09-06-2010, 10:39 AM

#14

Ladybugnana

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I have found the magazines are going to more busy types of fabrics and designs so I have stopped my subscriptions. As for all the magazines I have, I went through and tore out the quilts that I liked and stapled the pages together. Then I sorted them by quilts, wallhanging, bags, etc. and put them into a 12 pocket folder that you can pick up at Walmart for about 3 bucks. Now when I want to find something, I only have to look in the files rather than try to remember which book it was in. It works well for me!

09-06-2010, 10:46 AM

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plainpat

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Agreed! As a newbie,I'd buy a mag & find the cover quilt patternthat I admired wasn't included.:-( So I started checking the index for any pattern I liked in the pics.Wrapped in plastic, can't check anymore, but that's ok...cause I no longer buy them.

BTW...most "Tips" etc booklets included have been old hat for yrs.I find more than I can use on line & there's always the library.

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Originally Posted by Dee Dee

Over the past two years I have subscribed to McCalls, American Patchwork and Quilting, Quick Quilts, Fons and Porter For the Love of Quilting, Quilt and The Quilter. My recent subscriptions are to American Patchwork and Quilting, McCalls, Fons and Porter For the Love of Quilting, and The Quilter. I've been getting their Fall editions over the past couple of weeks, and none of them have appealed to me UNTIL I received The Quilter. The quilts in it are truly great.

But, does it seem to you the others are kind of less interesting than the used to be?

09-06-2010, 12:17 PM

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Dodie

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I feel that the newer magazines are all being designed by EQ6 or whatever then they slap a copyright on them like McCalls did and I find the older magazines has quilt patterns designed by real people before EQ6 and I like them much better I find very little in these new magazines worth the price and there are more free patterns from the fabric companies than I can ever hope to use

09-06-2010, 05:43 PM

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sewingladydi

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I agree that the quilt mags are not as good as they used to be. Too many things that aren't quilts (eye glass & phone cases and tote bags, etc). Plus many times they don't give any alternate sizes. And lots of the patterns seem designed to showcase a particular fabric line. Sometimes I feel like they should pay me for reading it since it's free advertising for fabric lines.

09-06-2010, 06:06 PM

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Dee Dee

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Apparently, McCalls and Fons and Porter's For the Love of Quilting magazines are run or owned by the same company. I've been getting "special" offers if I renew my subscription to both at the same time.

09-07-2010, 07:45 PM

#19

Marquilt

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I subscribe to QNM, American Quilter (the AQS publication), Quilt Life, and Quilting Arts.

I don't think I've ever made anything straight out of one of the magazines, but I always am inspired by looking at what other people are doing.

09-07-2010, 08:06 PM

#20

ganny

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Yep. I agree. Have taken AP&Q since 1993. This last year added three other subscriptions. I used to like AP&Q very much but now not so much. Too many adds, small projects, appliques, and designer quilts. I like old time quilts and have you noticed that a lot of their "scrappy" quilts can't be made with scraps!