Originally Posted by
charsuewilson
It depends very much on taste and skill level. I would go out to a store and page through a number of different magazines. JoAnns and Hancock fabrics have quite a few. Walmart has fewer, but enough to start with.
This is excellent advice. I prefer magazines that have a much heavier dose of technique instruction than just specific pattern instruction. I want to learn new techniques and skills that I can apply to quilts of my own design, not how to make quilts that someone else has designed.
Quilting Arts Magazine and American Quilter (the AQS magazine) are two examples that I currently get. I'm also considering resubscribing to Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. Until then, I have most of the back issues from 1970 thru 2008 to refer to when desired.
It's a personal decision and the best way to decide is to look forward slightly and 'taste test' the ones you think might be a good fit for where you want to go on your quilting journey. Stretch yourself a little bit with every new quilt and it will never become boring.
