I used to get at least 5 subscriptions including Quiltmaker, McCalls Quilting, McCall's Quick Quilts, American Patchwork, Fons & Porter...just to name a few. My shelves were overflowing with so many. I have pared that down quite a bit mostly because I belong to a quilt guild and have been lucky to have access to piles of magazines that other quilters have decided to dispose of. I think I've gone through at least 1000 magazines (or more) in the last few years. I used to tear out pages of patterns I liked but since I was passing them on I didn't want to spoil a magazine that someone else might want. Since I have seen so many I cut off a small corner on the top to signify those magazine I have already looked at before I pass them on which helps a lot. So now I only keep those that have patterns in them that inspire me either for their design or their color combinations. I use sticky notes cut into smaller strips to mark their placement and add a note to it like "bag" or "childrens", etc. I still love to pull out my keepers to browse through again and again. When I am watching TV I enjoy thumbing through magazines. Don't think I'll stop subscribing to just a few favorites.