I actually subscribe to American Patchwork and gave my last issue to an elderly friend in the hospital. I usually enjoy my magazine, but I really didn't like the patterns in that last one. Referring to what Daphne said, I too thought that it was not a good way to make a quilt.
I don't usually buy them at the store, and won't buy the ones that I can't look at, but I don't blame the magazine companies for putting them in plastic if people have the audacity to take pictures. Outrageous behavior.