I subscribed for a year. At the time I was working on a computer full time, but now I am retired. It was $10 the 1st year. Still cheap to try. Just remember you have paper and ink cost if you want a pattern. I do read blogs. Have not completely embraced computer quilting yet. Too many UFOs. I guess I still enjoy paper magazines. Only subscribe to one now, but looking thru back issues of many others. Many "new" quilts are same patterns just different colors.