Modern Patchwork Magazine Discontinued
 

I finally took the plunge to subscribe to this magazine last fall at the NW Quilt Expo in Portland. I received one issue for November/December and as it is a 6/year subscription was wondering why I hadn’t had another one since. I contacted the publisher to ask, and was advised it had been discontinued. I bought a 2 year subscription. So they have switched my subscription to Quiltmaker, which they also publish. I’m pretty disappointed and I can’t say if I’ve ever seen a Quiltmaker magazine, but it’s better than nothing I guess. Just thought I’d mention this in case there is anyone else wondering where their Modern Patchwork magazine is :rolleyes: .

Bummer. Hope you like the new magazine.

I wondered why I had not seen that magazine for months. I loved that magazine and got some great patterns from it.

I got an email from the publisher of about 6 quilting type magazines. I'd like to hear Bonnie Hunter's inside info on this. I subscribe to Quiltmaker and Bonnie has a page in each issue. It looks like the whole thing is in trouble. I know I seldom buy a magazine at the grocery store, as I used to, and I am down to subscription of only one title. I used to get 3 and 4. But I am overloaded with magazines, patterns and things printed off in my 3 notebooks labeled Quilt Fun. Quilter's Newsletter bit the dust. I think the Internet has a lot to do with this. It's not climate change; it's the graying of the population. Look at the participants at one of Bonnie Hunter's workshops. I wonder what the average age is??

Quiltmaker is a good magazine.

Like Battle Axe I also got an email from the Quilting Company who publishes: Piecework, McCall's Quilting, Easy Quilts, Quick Quilts, Quiltmaker, Quilting Arts, and Love of Quilting magazines
They voluntarily filed Chapter II and under the supervision of the courts will provide the same service to their customers while undergoing financial reconstruction, so basically told the recipients of the email to not worry.

Thanks EmiliasNana for spelling out all that. I think that all published print is in trouble. The Internet has taken over. Yet, the olsters, including myself do not trust the electric gysmos. And they told us not to worry. I'm still printing off everything I see that I want to do.

Marcia

I agree and love Quiltmaker.

Karen

I agree about Quiltmaker. It's a good magazine and it used to be on my subscription list. I dropped the subscription and all other quilt mag subscriptions when I learned to use the internet.

I got my first computer and entry to the web in 1996. I stopped subscribing to magazines in 1998 :)
Still, discouraging when you pay for something and don't get it!

I love Quilt Maker. It is one of the few I still take.

Sorry this happened to you. I used to get the Quiltmaker magazine and enjoyed it very much so hope you like it too. I just quit most of my subscription because anything I want is on the internet.

I Love Quiltmaker magazine!

I subscribed to Quilter's Newsletter Magazine and Quiltmaker for many years. Did not renew because I'm too old and will die before I make all of the quilts I want to make. Still have all of the issues of both magazines.

I haven't subscribed to any quilt mags for years but it seems to me that if they go under you should get your money back for unsent issues?

I have just been sent Quiltmaker which is radically different from Modern Patchwork. I do both traditional and modern quilt work and like to see both sides. I'm sad Modern Patchwork didn't make it.

Consider yourself lucky Kwilter. About 6 years ago I subscribed to Quilt-It Magazine and Sew-it Magazine. After receiving one issue the company closed and I had just paid for a year for both magazines. No letter or refund or replacement magazine were offered and calls to them were not returned.

I had only recently started my Modern Patchwork subscription--got 2 issues I think. Already was taking Quiltmaker (I particularly like that they give detailed ideas on quilting, include EQ8 ways you can change up many of the patterns and also usually have at least one that they give directions on using Accuquilt too) so when they dropped MP, I got the Quiltmaker extended--so if it makes it I'll be getting it forever almost.
But I was disappointed as I'd recently dropped my McCalls, and was wanting a more modern quilt mag--now I'm getting American Patchwork (price just too darn low on an offer); Quiltmaker and Today's Quilting (one from the UK)
Wish there was a good modern one and a good machine quilting one,too.

I sent in money for a sub to Quiltmaker. Still no magazine! they did send me a notice that they got my money.....

Ha. got the magazine today.

I was very bummed out when Machine Quilting Unlimited was discontinued. That was a wonderful magazine. :(

Rob

Thank you for your comments! Now I’m really looking forward to my Quiltmaker Magazine :). I was also wanting a Modern Quilt focused magazine, hence my disappointment. However, there is a digital magazine I’ve been on the fence about subscribing to called Make Modern which I believe is out of Australia. I follow them on Instagram and am keeping an eye on their postings ;). I have a couple of digital magazines I purchased from other publishers, but I haven’t been able to print patterns that they have in them, which kind of frustrates me, so I’m still on the fence. I think I should just try buying one issue of Make Modern and assess. Maybe it’s something we’d both enjoy :).

Me too!!! I still go back through those issues for inspiration.

Right on! Hope you enjoy it!

I do, indeed! Really, for the price they charge for some of these subscriptions vs the newsstand price, it’s no wonder they struggle. I find the newsstand pricing has made the magazines almost unaffordable, or at least a poor choice for print material value considering the cost of say a quilting book without the advertising.

you would think, especially if they are still in the publishing business, otherwise I expect they don’t have the funds left to do that.

If you are looking for modern, check out the QuiltCon mags--one per year (boohoo) showing the quilts from that years show and even some patterns. Plus I've recently bought a copy of Simply Moderne (from France)--pretty pricey so won't be getting it often--but a real treat. I do realize that online stuff is overwhelming print mags, but I really wish there was a long arm magazine. I cringe at the price of the mags in the stores, but when you think that there's maybe 2-3 quilts in each mag that you 'Might" make and the cost of patterns purchased separately are about $10/each, magazines aren't that costly when you subscribe..

Sorry this happened to you. Thank you for mentioning it - I was also wondering why I hadn't seen it in awhile.

found it at discountmags.com. clicked and added to cart. not sure if it would really go to order page though.

Ive been sitting on the fence on subscribing to Make Modern. Have you subscribed too it? Curious on your thoughts about content.

I would have told them to give me a refund instead of taking a mag I didn't want. We used to purchase meat from Zaycon Fresh and when they closed they made off with lots of peoples money. My hub and I walked down the magazine/book aisle at Walmart this past weekend and I commented on how few books they have now. The last time I read a paper book was on our trip to Hawaii in December 2014. It is just to easy and much cheaper also to read books on the Kindle app on my cell. Walmart only had about 3 quilt mags on the shelf. I picked up one and it was $10. I commented that it's ridiculous to pay that much when there is so much info on the internet. Lots free or you can pay for individual things that interest you instead of buying a mag which is over half ads most of the time.

Quiltmaker is my favorite quilting magazine. If you don't want to take a substitute, you can always ask them for a refund for any unsent issues.