If I take a page or two out of a magazine I don't donate it unless someone just wants the paper. It goes in the trash.

I donate my magazines to my guild's free table. I figure they are getting them for free so they shouldn't complain if a page or two is missing. If I've torn out more than a pattern or two I just put them in the recycling bin.

I too no longer buy magazines. But I have to comment here -- I am able to go online with my library card and log into Zinio through the library -- it's a free magazine site -- and can "borrow" a copy of American Patchwork. You can flip through, read what you want, print out articles or patterns you know you HAVE to have LOL and then it just gets returned, no hassle, nothing to remember returning, no late fees. The have a few years of magazines on the site.

i donate to our quild they sell them for a quarter.

I don't have that many and including books may 20. I am about to pitch 4-5 magazines since I pulled the article pattern/template. Most of the remainder in the magazine is ads. I have a couple books with different animal patterns for applique. I can pull so much up on the web. any patterns are already in project boxes or a small binder I have. Some of the other 8-9 books have patterns and templates so I'm keeping those. Rejects will be recycled. Don't really need anymore since I have many bookmarked.

I have stopped buying the quilting magazines. I have 4 full office type magazine holders. I've gone through each magazine, and marked the front with a post-it-note with the names and page numbers of what I want to make. Ideally once I make the items, I'll discard the magazine. I say "ideally" because I've not made anything I've marked yet!

I stopped buying quilting magazines. I have a used book store near me that will buy them just like they buy used books. I have also donated them to the Friends of the Library. If there is something I want in a magazine, I tear it out and recycle them magazine.

I stopped buying them when I realised it was giving me so many quilts I wanted to make with no time. Now I buy individual patterns that I will do.

You can buy them, but throw them out or give away when done. One at a time.

Donate them to your local public library for resale in their used book sale. Proceeds are used to buy new books, magazines, etc for the library.