I like scrap quilts but not necessarily traditional patterns. To make something new from the old is fun.
About magazines, I subscribed to Quilters' Newsletter when it was just a few black, white and green pages with old patterns. Then it grew and became my window to all the latest quilting ideas and trends. I eventually gave my boxes of issues to a new quilter because with job and home quilting time was rare, plus the library carries the magazine. Most of my quilting dreams take place over books or on line, now.