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Old 06-09-2010, 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I had a huge stack of magazines. It was impossible to find anything in them. I loaded them all up and took them to Salvation Army. I thought I'd have regrets but instead I have more space and less clutter. It won't be long before all the quilt magazines will have dvds of all their archived issues available. Quilter's Newsletter has quiet a few years worth out now.
That's a very good point BellaBoo! Yes, you can get them online when you need them. Great idea!
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Old 06-09-2010, 06:14 AM
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I'm sorry you trash them! I have bought some real treasures at yard sales, or they can be donated to a nursing home where they can bring back wonderful memories and start conversations of "I remember when...."
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Old 06-09-2010, 06:20 AM
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I make copies of the patterns I think I may like to make, put them in the plastic sheets and TRY to get them into binders, then I get rid of the magazine.
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Old 06-09-2010, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Wanda_GA
I have saved all my magazines, and when I want to find something I remember reading I can never find the right magazine. I'm beginning to think books are best investment.
So, what I've been doing now is going thru the magazines, and if I don't see anything interesting I put them in a stack and when I get quite a few I give them to another quilting friend.
Oh, and I am also letting a lot of my subscriptions lapse.
This is what I'm going to do ..... someday, when I'm feeling less lazy than usual. My stack of magazines is becoming a mountain of magazines and there are very few that have anything in them that I want to keep. Except I don't have a quilting friend, so don't know what to do with the rejects. Ah, G'ma Kay says nursing home ... that sounds like a good plan.
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Old 06-09-2010, 10:27 AM
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I'm sorry if this is a no-no, but if anyone wants to get rid of magazines I would LOVE to take them off your hands. Of course I would pay postage :)

I am a pretty new quilter still trying to get an idea of what I like. Seems it changes all the time!
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Old 06-09-2010, 07:20 PM
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I buy used magazines on E-Bay. I can usually get a year's worth for about ten bucks, and if it comes time to pass them on, our library re-sells them.
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Old 06-10-2010, 04:15 AM
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Oh No!!!!!!!!! My magazines are golden to me!! donate them to your public library or give them to friends that craft. I would love them!
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Old 06-10-2010, 05:08 AM
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I like my magazines and frequently refer to them and always find something I didn't notice before. My taste changes as I become more experienced. I don't purchase every quilt magazine I see, I look through them before I purchase and they have to have two or more ideas/patterns that interest me before I spend my money.
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Old 06-10-2010, 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 1quilt_gma
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Rather than cutting out the patterns/directions, scan them into your PC. Then you can title them what you want and the magazine stays intact. :)
Then I could give the magazine to someone else.....something to think about.
We do it all the time in my sewing group. Much easier to catalog.
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Hi-have not been on for a long time-my pc went bye bye-anyway I would copy & put in plastic sleeves & put in binder & index them in sections of paper piecing-templates- or strip which is what I am doing now--or have a binder for each one this way if pc crashes I would still have my paper copies
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