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10-06-2011, 05:44 AM

#11

willferg

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I donate them to our local Friends of the Library, and they sell them in their little store. Proceeds benefit the library, and the magazines get a new life!

10-06-2011, 05:52 AM

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sueisallaboutquilts

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I love the idea of donating to the library or a senior center.
Don't just toss them!

10-06-2011, 07:26 AM

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QuiltE

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A lot of public places (nursing homes, seniors, libraries, offices, etc) will not accept old magazines now, for health reasons. Totally understandable!

And I can't believe that no one mentioned ... IRL neighbours and friends who quilt and sew!

As for yourself ... are you sure you want to be rid of them? A lot of the times the same patterns come around and are just made in new colorways!

Sit down and go thru them ... and at the least, cut out any patterns you wish to keep.

10-06-2011, 07:34 AM

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Prism99

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People sell them here for the cost of a flat rate shipping box. You can get rid of 20 magazines at a time for $20 or so. I'm thinking of doing that with my old magazines (but being who I am, I have to go through every single old magazine first in case there's a quilt in there I might want to make some day!).

10-06-2011, 07:43 AM

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BellaBoo

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You can do what you want with them. Toss them in the trash, or give them away. I take all my not wanted magazines to the hospital one day surgery waiting room. The volunteer ladies that work there say the quilt magazines are the first to be picked up and looked at.

10-06-2011, 08:45 AM

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EagarBeez

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I take any books, magazines to the library. This past summer I gave them some crocheting and wool to crochet, some old ribbons and a few other items. They have a summer class for kids and they do various art projects. Not only magazines for the magazine racks

10-06-2011, 10:10 AM

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Tartan

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I was in my local blood clinic this week and all they had to look at was the Legion News. I think I'll donate some of mine there.

10-06-2011, 10:11 AM

#18

GreatStarter

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You could donate them to a quilt guild. Whenever anyone donates magazines to our quilt guild they are snatched up quickly by quilters who will love them.

Kat

10-06-2011, 10:15 AM

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SuzyQ

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I donated a bunch of my magazines to a group of ladies that makes quilts for kids in foster care to sell in a rummage sale. The money raised went to buy supplies to make the quilts.

Suzy