I like the ones from Better Homes and Gardens. I've bought a few of those. But google "free quilt patterns." There is so much free out there, and I've printed off so many patterns that I want to do!

I always enjoy the Better Homes and Gardens Quilt issue. I've made several from those issues over the years.
I usually pick up "The Quilter Magazine" and maybe a Fons and Porter if there is an issue that I can flip through first to see the quilts. (The mag is sealed in a bag - ugh! )
I have one subscription to "Quilt" magazine, and the free online magazine.
Otherwise, if a magazine catches my eye and has some pleasing quilts in it, I'll buy it.
Funny thing. I'll think twice about paying $5 for any other magazine, but don't even blink about $10 - $15 for a quilting magazine! It's all about priorities!

My sister is a novice quilter, so I bought her a subscription to Quick quilts and renewed mine. It has helped her with the lingo and new techniques. Great way to learn as you go.

I love the quilting magazines! My favorites are McCall's Quilting and the BH&G American Patchwork. I love thumbing thru them, getting inspiration from the quilts. I think they are a great value. Let's say you pay $24 for a year, 6 magazines, that's $4 ea, and in each magazine you get 15? patterns. Most single patterns that you buy are about $8 each.

If you are trying to decide about magazines, my suggestion to new quilters is to go to your nearest bookstore, buy a cup of coffee and settle in with a stack of their quilting magazines. Out of all the ones they carry, probably one or two will be perfect for you. Unfortunately I am addicted to quilting magazines, but I find that each year there I fewer mags that I read because they either have too many ads or the quilts start to look too familiar. But I still think the magazines are great for inspiration and to see what's new.

All I can get from our library book sale that is once a year . I get there early and head towards them-- for 10 cents each. I then spend hours looking through them.

It's one of my favorite, too. I also love Eleanor Burns' quilting books.

My quilting skills are self taught from using the Internet. I did buy some paper back quilting books and my favorite magazine is Quilter's World. I like to do quilted tote bags too, but all the ones I have made, and I have made several were all free project/instructions from off the Internet. I do machine embroidery so many of the design companies offer free instructions with their designs. I have a couple of my QW magazines open to pages where a tote bag is there, waiting to be made and will get to it one of these days.

I see so many are letting their subscriptions run out. I too am doing it. I wonder if some of the magazines will consolidate, so there won't be so much overlapping from one to another. I enjoy the few that include actual design suggestions for the quilting to finish off a quilt as i DABBLE AT LONG ARM QUILTING WITH MY hq16.

wELL, i WAS TRYING TO PUT THAT PICTURE IN MY TILE SQUARE. Oh well. I'll figure it out soon.