grammysharon

Although I use online information quite a bit I still love getting my magazines in the mail. I tend to read my magazines cover to cover, never do that with online sites, just cruise through quickly!!!

QuiltingJaguar

While I love to go to quilt sites and read blogs and etc there is nothing better than to sit down in my recliner and pick up that new Quilt Mag and settle back, taken it page by page, thank you If they keep going to $10 for copies as some are doing then you have lost me to mag.

Podunk Princess

I have always subscribed to several magazines but recently have let them lapse because of the changes that have been made. When I buy a magazine, I want the WHOLE magazine. Not a portion of it and then having to go online to obtain the "bonus" projects or patterns. I have to have a user name and password for every site (and remember which ones I used each time I want to access them). The magazines are getting thinner and thinner and more and more of the content is only available online. Since I pay by the gigabyte for my wireless internet use, it becomes very expensive very quickly if you have to download multiple items or sit and view them online instead of in the magazine that I paid for. Just my honest opinion, but I think the magazine companies are hurting themselves by changing to a dual format for subscribers.

franc36

I am one of those people who still enjoys quilting magazines; but most of the books I get from the library are e-books. I love the large print on my iPad. I also enjoy listening to audio books as I quilt. I have learned much about quilting from YouTube videos and from Craftsy quilting classes. Maybe one day I will like electronic magazines, just not now.

weasier22

I am enjoying online magazine subscriptions. I have way too many quilting, knitting, crocheting, and sewing books and I, too, am at an age where it's just too much. I scan what I want and then give the books, magazines away so that someone else can enjoy them. I like purchasing quilting books in pdf format, rather than having a hard covered book. I guess I'm past that point in my life. I store everything on a portable hard drive, so that I don't bog down my computer. When I decide on the quilt I want to make, I just print out the directions. It's just become easier for me. All in all, it just boils down to preference. But, boy, do I like getting rid of all those magazines and books!

petthefabric

This is a very timely question. I was just looking at my quilting bookshelves and thinking they take up too much room. I want the info, just don't want to consume so much space. And because I have them, I can go back to 20 y/o books that still have good info.

Magazines: I'm thinking more of computer storage, especially if they have a good index. This would be way easier to find the article I'm interested in. I like the ads in magazines. I often go to the computer to find out more and check them out at the next major quilt show.

Computer tutorials and Pinterest are totally new to me. They can replace some things. I teach quilting and I hope my encouragement and feedback will never be replaced by a computer. There's something personal about classes.

I'm still a relational character and the interaction in class and on QB can't be replaced by magazines, books, or online.

GailG

Same here, neighbor!! I love the QB but as far as saving, etc on the computer, I'm a dud! [I'm not "new" to the computer, just a slow learner.]I love my books. I too, carry the magazines to enjoy while waiting (even at the casino!). I like hard copy, so hence the volumes of printed patterns stored in ring binders.

After further reading: I do LOVE the tutorials. I have learned so much from them.

trivia42

Most of my quilting knowledge has come online. Youtube videos, blogs and tutorials are where I go. I can take my phone with me to the store with the yardage and pattern plus my pinterest is on my phone. I don't belong to a guild, I've never subscribed to a quilt magazine but I do check out quilt books at the library sometimes to leaf through or if I need to learn a technique but their books are fairly old (some have no rotary directions!). Online is where I'll stay but I can appreciate books and magazines for those who still want them.

Reb

I like magazines and find it rather annoying to have to go online to get 'the whole story', so to speak. To move magazines totally to book readers like kindle would be terrible! The formet is so compact I don't think quilting magazines would transfer well. I like to relax and flip through a magazine at leisure, not in front of my computer. Same with books. Only advantage with e-book or computer is a robust search engine to find something fast. That would work best for a quilting book that was not a pattern book.

gale

I've pretty much quit buying magazines. I buy the quilts n more 4 times a year and occasionally I will buy a book if it has things that I really love in it. I would rather find free patterns online or even buy pdf file patterns-they don't take up any space in my sewing room.

That said, I really don't enjoy online magazines. I'm not sure why. I also don't watch many videos. I have bought some craftsy classes and it takes me forever to get them watched.