Friday, 16 January 2004

I've somehow (gosh, I can't imagine how) ended up on various quilting marketing mailing lists and so I get offers for magazines and quilting books and other fun things now and then. I like to keep catalogs because often there are pictures or color combinations in there that are inspiring. Earlier this year I subscribed to two quilting magazines: The Quilter and American Patchwork and Quilting from Better Homes and Gardens. I'm going to continue getting The Quilter -- invariably there was a design in there that I really liked. But, I'm going to cancel the other because I just never really enjoyed it. It feels mass-produced and is just not very inspiring to me. Your mileage may vary of course.

At a bookstore the other day, I found a new-to-me magazine that I bought an issue of and have decided to subscribe to: The Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. In addition to interesting designs and patterns, they also keep track of various quilting events and festivals around the country. It looks like another good, high-quality periodical and I'm looking forward to reading more of it in the coming months.

I really like Quilters Newsletter Magazine. The March '04 issue has an article (the beginning of a series) about quilting math that I found really interesting. I think the charts will be handy to have around.

      Quilty comment by Katxena on 26 January 2004

Hmm. The one I picked up was Jan/Feb -- my subscription order probably won't get there in time to get the March edition mailed to me, so I may have to stop by the bookstore and pick up another copy off the newsstand! :)

      Quilty comment by ATQ on 26 January 2004

The Quilter magazine has improved since I first looked at it years ago-I buy an issue once in a while. My subscribe to Quilters Newsletter/McCall's, Fons & Porter, American Patchwork and Quilting, and Quiltmaker. I pick up American Quilter on occasion or other magazines if they really have something of interest. I was going to go through them and just cut out those articles that interested me the most-but-after my friend dragged out several huge stacks of older issues, I realized my taste had changed over the years...and now I don't know that I want to do that after all. But, the stacks are getting too space consuming-so I am going to have to do something. I think they are often more bang for the buck than many books.

      Quilty comment by Cher on 27 January 2004

Yeah, I'm keeping all of my quilt magazines and most of the quilt catalogs that I get -- never know when I'll flip through one and be inspired by something. But I recognize that space might become a problem eventually....

I also agree that some of the magazines do seem to offer more than many books.

      Quilty comment by ATQ on 28 January 2004