For those who have a membership to AQS, what are some of the benefits that you get from it? I don't live close enough to attend the quilt shows. I'm wondering if it is worth the membership fee.

I don't have one anymore. It wasn't anything that thrilled me.

Only the extra 10% off at Joanns and one of the LQS I visit give the 10% also.

Otherwise there is really no benefit. I get a magazine that I am not even crazy about and I got a 2 dollar discount at the show, which I wasn't crazy about either.

robin

I think the magazine alone is worth the cost of membership. You usually get some freebies when you join, such as a couple of books.

I dropped my membership. I didn't think it was of much benefit.

I gave up my membership several years ago. I found no real benefit from having it and I was 35 miles away from going to show. You can invest the same in a Quilting Magazine and get more for your money. Most shops give you a discount if you belong to a guild and you can buy most books on line cheaper than with the discount you get from AQS.

I never got anything free from them! :shock:

I love the magazine. So much good stuff in it. I'll never try most of it but Just to see the creativity is so inspiring.

i agree, the magazine is well worth the cost of membership

Right now they're offering a free book. I think I got 2 free books when I joined (maybe because it was a multi-year membership?), and another one or two when I continued the membership. The current membership offerings are here: http://www.americanquilter.com/membe...rces/index.php