I too am interested in which magazines to sub to. I buy many from the store shelves but have not decided on any 1 or 2.
One thing I do highly recommend tho for someone learning to quilt is
Carol Doak's book titled: My First Quilt Book (sub: Or at least it should be)
My sil gave this book to me when I was first learning to quilt and even now after a few years I still refer back to it quilt often.
It is very user friendly and has nice beginner projects for both machine and hand piecing.
Muriel