I think what happens is that people new to quilting are so excited with it that they love almost all of the magazines. The bright colors, and the beauty of all the quilts, plus the pictures (in the readers' "write in" sections) give them a lot of confidence that they too can make these quilts. I know this happened to me. The magazines make you aware that there's a whole new world for you out there. After a number of years that kind of glitter wears off a little and you settle down to reality, what you can someday hope to make and what is simply beyond your expertise. You begin to look at the mags with a jaded eye, and you want a more realistic approach. You also know that your lifespan will only permit just so many quilts to be made, no matter how fast you can work. That is when we start weeding out our subscriptions and getting them down to a reasonable few. Or just stop subscribing and start going through all the back issues we've saved. Just my opinion.