Good will or Salvation army, thrift shop etc Ihave gotten tons of them there and been a very happy puppy to get them so cheap.

I took all of mine to a quilt retreat and they were gone at the end of the first day! If you belong to a quilt bee or guild they usually take them. Donating them to a local charity is always good. Just don't throw them in the trash, please, maybe some one on the QB will take them off your hands.

I donated mine to the local federal prison. I did not dream that they could use quilt magazines but they actually teach a quilting class at the mens facility.

I have several suggestions all of which I just used on my enormous pile of magazines and books.
1. Join the RAK (random acts of kindness) list on this board. Here is the url http://www.quiltingboard.com/general...u-t172506.html
2. Give them away for the cost of postage (or not if you can afford to) on the Pay It Forward thread here
http://www.quiltingboard.com/free-offers-donations-f18/
3. List them on Freecycle
4. Donate to a quilting group in your area.

I would still like to get a couple boxes. I went to the po site put in a random zip for colorado for a medium flat rate and came up with 11.00 in shipping. could be way off I don't know.

Fill a medium flat rate box. have the reviever pay shipping and post them here under give a way . bet they will be gone before you know it. I would make it clear that the books will be random and you arent going to sort them out. I am pretty sure it is the medium size flat rates that hold magazines nicely.
Half price books will also buy them if you have one of those stores close so you could make a little bit of money!

I take mine to 1/2 price books...
K

Well here is what I've decided to do. I will send medium priority boxes full of mags to anybody who wants them for $12.00 (postage) PM for anybody interested. I didn't even think of Craigslist or Freecycle so I will do that with whatever is left over. I won't be able to send anything out until at least next weekend as they mags are 69 miles away in another town and we are suppose to get a big snowstorm on Friday and I'm not going anywhere...I'm going to sew all weekend.

(p.s. don't worry I won't throw them away...would rather give them to somebody who will appreciate them)

So many choices on places to donate

I freecycle mine or give them to our quilter's group at church.

Funny how acceptance of donations seems to be a regional thing. Our Salvation Army stores will no longer take magazines of any kind. We do have another thrift shop here (called Savers) that will take magazines. We used to have one Goodwill here but it closed down several years ago.

It's nice of you to decide to offer the magazines here. I'm sure it will make a few people really happy!

I can't post under the give away as I'm not a senior member...(such silly rules). But hopefully I can get enough interest to get rid of them but at least I have a game plan.

PLEASE do not toss them.
Donate, Donate, Donate.
J J

I found a lady who is always happy to have them and I drop them off when I have a bag full. Also have donated to my guild and to local library (that has a resale section) where they go fast.

I just donated a big stack of magazines to my local elementary school for crafts.

You can't send them Media Mail because there are ads in the magazines. Because they are heavy it is best to go with Flat Rate Priority Boxes or UPS/FedExGround.

I would love to have a box or two also. If you can pack a Large Priority Mail Box - preferably the board game size box - it would only cost about $16 per box.

Do you have a senior center near by?
We have a gold key sewing group at the local center. I am sure a group like that, if near you, would like them.

I mentioned to my long arm quilter that I was getting rid of quilting magazines. She belongs to a quild. She said bring them to me, I will most certianly find them a new home.

Donate them to a library, tha'ts what I do.

what a good idea!

if you will email me and give me an address I will send postage out today and will take what every you have to get rid of. [email protected] thanks a bunch.

I donate these items to our local public library and they are put in the free magazine bins. I love going to these and so do other people. This way you will reach a wide range of people young and older and ones that could/would really use them. Great way to share the knowledge and wealth (smile).

I would not mind paying postage on some quilt magazines. I had a huge collection but that was destroyed by a fire in 1997.

There are RSVP (retired senior volunteer program) offices around the country. If they aren't interested----my local ones would be ecstatic!! Library sewing groups will enjoy the chance to shop for free (and extras may even benefit your local library in sales). There are other organizations that provide materials for their volunteers. Some hospice organizations will even send someone out to your home to pick them up. If nothing local works for you, freecycle is the next best bet. If you are uncomfortable with people coming to your home, you can always list the neighbor's home {with their permission} and state they'll be on the front porch.

I've had great luck with all of these methods.
Best Wishes,
Heather

that is another great idea, dd55! thanks for sharing.

bundle them up a few at a time, take to a Nursing home, Dr. office or extended care facility. Hospitals maybe, too.

Quilting groups will put them out and let visitors to their show help themselves. Quilters are always looking for magazines.

The quilt show I just went to put old issues of quilt magazines in the "Goody Bags" they gave out at the door. The one I got was was "Patchwork and Quilting Ideas", Winter 1997. This was "pre-quilting" for me, so I love it!
I'm sure any guild or LQS would love to have them. Please don't toss them!

I buy used quilt mags at my local library's sales table. There is a small guild in our area that collects used mags/books and sells them at area quilt shows.

If you're rural, maybe the home extension clubs in your area would be interested - either for looking or for selling at their fundraisers/craft shows.

I took mine and made packages of ten tied ribbon around them and sold them 10 for @2.00.. Sold everyone of them at my garage sale.

Local Quilt Guild. Even if you are not a member. Our Guild has a Boutique at our quilt show and we sell them there or at our semi annual quilt auction. We all clean out our quilt rooms and we sell auction style at a meeting. I love to pick up a stack of older quilt magazines. Fun Fun

I recently had stacks of them too that I couldn't give away. so I went through them, tore out any pattern that I thought I might make some day and put them in the recycling. I hated to as i spent money on them but they were taking up too much room. Now i don't subscribe to magazines anymore. I have one subscription and I get it digitally.

Consider donating them to various quilt guilds in your surrounding area or donate them to places like Good Will, Salvation Army, etc.

Can be donated to a school economic class that teaches sewing. I would love to have a couple of them myself if shipping was not so high.

[QUOTE=BellaBoo;4928837]I use to donate them to my guild's free table but it was always full of magazines. Now I donate them to a local nursing home. The ladies and even the men loved looking at the quilts. Everyone had a long remembered quilt story. The employees said they were the most looked at magazines.
Your experience was great. I would love to find those mags at my local Goodwill or half-price bk store, but I know how much such treats mean to my very senior friends.

This is what I vote for. If you can ship them at a good rate, you might post them here and see who would be interested in buying a FRB for the cost of the shipping - $11.00. Not a bad idea for a lot of magazine (30 to 38 can fit in a box). I'm selling mine on Amazon.com, but am also giving a lot of them away to my little quilt group here at the park so they can use them or sell them in their bazaar or whatever. Eventually, I'll have to donate them to a thrift store - probably Habitat for Humanity. I have a lot more than you do, but they are whittling down slowly.

Good luck, but don't throw them out! Other quilters can use them!

Put them in sets of 6 at a cheap price and let us know they are available for sale. You will be surprised at how they will sell. Get back some of what you paid for them. Hope this helps.

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I would take them from you if I lived near you ;~). give them to the library I buy a lot of quilt book/mag from the ones around me also I pick them up from places like my local thrift shops (hospice, seinor thrift etc)

If the guild doesn't want them, maybe advertise on Freecycle?