I kept so many of my old ones and let all of my subscriptions expire as I like the old ones better however I did decide to due one the alphebet sun bonnet sue and discovered I was missing one the "S" and "T" blocks from Quilt World I think it is Feb. 1991 if anyone has one dating back this old I would be very interested thank you

ditto

Just took a big stack to a quilt retreat last week end and gave them away! Ended up with 1 left when I came home on Sunday. Letting the subscriptions run out on most of them; most of my ideas now come from the QB or on line.

I keep them all....and re-read most of them on a semi-bi-annual basis. I just can't part with these "ol'friends" and when I need inspiration, this is where I turn........

I have some from back in the 60's. Now just keep ones I really want then pass the rest on!

If the issues has a lot of articles or patterns I like, I tag them with a post-a-note and keep them. Otherwise, I tear out the article and put it in a plastic sleeve in a notebook. As a matter of fact, I just added more last evening and enjoyed looking through all the old ones. Then I throw out the torn up magazine. I hate to, but after watching a few episodes of "Hoarders", I try to get rid of stuff that's just taking up space.

I don't have quilting magazine, but I do have several of the Piecework magazines. I need to pdf the articles that I like & want to keep so I can pass the magazine along or just trash them.

PS - quiltmom04 - Hoarders (A&E) is the reason I am really going through my house & clearing stuff out that I don't use or need.

I agree with you (hoarders made me start clearing out) Plus getting older!!!!!

About once every year or two I figure out which ones I am willing to part with and gift them to another quilter.

Yes

I donated mine to the federal prison. They have quilt classes for the guys and they were pleased to get them. I had quite a stash.

I had hundreds of magazines stored up so from several years of subscriptions. I teach beginning quilting, so last year at each lesson I took as many issues as I could carry and passed them out to the students. I was able to eliminate nearly 200 copies. Made more room for fabric on the shelves. I paged through each one and before hand and took a page here or there, but the students got the remainder.

I really like my magazines too. I have a lot of them and I spend down time going through them. Like you, my tastes do change so what I see one time I may do at a later date. I have been thinking about getting them sorted out and giving some away. I spend my time on sewing or here on the board and forget about other things I should do. LOL

[I keep every issue! I have subscribed to several for between 6-10 years - currently subscribe to 7! It is my one weakness. When I started quilting I was living overseas and was on my own (quilting-wise), so magazines were how I learned. Over the years, I have thumbed thru them over and over and always found patterns that previously I didn't think I could do-plus my tastes changed over the years and quilts I previously loved, I am not so much interested in now, and visa-versa. I get ideas about colors-quilting motifs-most have tuts that I have tagged-I would say I am a quilt magazine horder!![/quote]

Sadly, yes! I can't bear to part with any of them. I have turned down corners on each one and when I am looking for a new quilt to make I thumb through some of them.....need to clear out space for future ones though. Thanks to all that post wonderful pattern sites I have too many patterns saved on the computer now. I am so addicted!!! Did I hear "Hello my name is?" :lol:

I have notebooks and I tear out the pictures and patterns that I want and put them in the notebook. Mags that I don't tear up I take to our quilt show and let people have them

Yes, but do you think I`ll find what I need?

Before, I used to just rip out what I wanted and throw the rest. However, I found I still wasn't making many quilts from magazines. So, now, I keep my mags for about 2 years and then sell, trade or gift, sometimes keeping one or two mags from each year. Right now, I'm making 2 kitty cat wallhangings and an HST quilt from magazines. Once done with the tops, both magazines will be sold, traded or gifted. I just keep too much stuff and really need to downsize to stop feeling overwhelmed by my hobbies.

Honestly, with the cost of the newsstand prices, subscriptions are so much cheaper and give you plenty of reading material.

Some of them, Quilting Art and American Quilter I keep for future reference, the rest that I accumulate I take out what I think I want and then pass the remainder on to other quilters. Everyone in our group does the same thing.

I have kept all my quilting books. About a year ago I cancelled all my subsciptions, could not afford them anymore. I do miss them.

I have them all and don't tear them apart...I can't bare to do it...

I do get them and keep them and I now have a pile that is beginning to tilt !!!!!! and will be off the shelf very shortly.

I keep and keep and then I get in the mood...

I start with the oldest, page through, keep what might interest me......and then take them to friends...

what they don't want......just gets the heave-ho.

I do like someone to take them and make some use of them and/or pass them on.......

I tear and keep those I like.

My husband inadvertantly got rid of a stack of them. The rest are safe!

For a while I kept all of them. Then as they piled up and I saw that I wasn't using them, I put them together by years and donated them to the library for their annual book sale. I was told that they go like hotcakes.

I have since ceased all subscriptions. When I see something that catches my eye, I buy it.

every few years I go through them and what I dont want I give to my localshop to give away

I tear out the pattern that I might make and put them in sheet protectors in a binder. Then I pass along the magazines to friends who also quilt in case there are patterns that they might like still in them.

I am down to one magazine now for the very reason that I have kept them all and have only made one or two quilts out of them. I don't really know why I keep them either....I hope I'm not becoming a hoarder!

The ones that I dont need, I take into my quilting group, where they are sold for 50 cents each, and that in turn goes to buying new books for the club.

After reading this thread, I decided that it's time to clear off that shelf... could use the space for something else!!!!!

I started last evening, going through the mags and tagging the wanted patterns and/or information.

I guess I will have to go and buy a few more binders for these new clippings........

I do wish that there was a place for "gone over" magazines so that another could benefit from that also. any ideas?

Our library does not take them.......

How about the nearest LQS or even the dr's waiting room.

Good idea...but LQS is not close but I do think that the doctors' offices is a good idea...

I think that I will do just that.I know that I would appreciate looking through a quilt book rather than a sports' mag !!!!!!!

Thanks I will check and see if they would like some.......