Daisydoodle

I am leaning to this idea, especially if I haven't been inspired by anything for the past year.

Jeanniejo

I have gotten so everwhelmed with magazines that I let all of them lapse! I figure I really see one it the strore that I need I'll buy it, other wise I'm doing what some of you are, putting the ones I really like into folders and trashing the rest. It has gotten so most of the quilt mags are just advertisments and the last Quilters News Letter I got I just threw out! There wasn't anything it it that appealed to me, too far out there for me.

Jeanniejo

I also thought I could use the nook, guess not !!

Maggiemay

Same here. Plus I found that as much as I like looking through the magazines I didn't use the patterns in them, or not enough to keep purchasing them.

Daisydoodle

At first I thought about the magazines, if we don't subscribe they will go out of business. Then started looking more closely, most of them are already on line! One even offers more on line than in the magazine. Subsriptions are less expensive for the electronic version.

jdiane318

Instead of cutting and ripping out the various patterns in the mags, why not copy and put the patterns in a sheet protector in a notebook for easy reference. There is nothing more disheartening than looking at a quilting magazine and looking for the next page and it is gone. I know that we all pay good money for our mags but you could also resale them, too. Our LQS has a garage sale once a year where we can unload our excess items and surplus fabric.

arimuse

I am TERRIBLE about magazines. I dont drink. I dont smoke. I keep the lights out in all the rms I dont use and keep the heat down to 64 degrees all winter! BUT, I buy nearly all quilt mags I come across! I finally bought this hand held scanning wand on a shopping channel - the best 99$ Ive spent ever! James has two terrabyte external drives, I wand everything, keep it in its own folder, store it on the drive and can get rid of every pc of paper in the house. Since I have nearly 10 thousand hardcover books Im scanning them too! sharet

LivelyLady

I had to downsize my quilt magazines too. After a month, I would pull out patterns and ideas that I think I may want to try someday. These I put in sheet protectors and then put in binders. I have 6 binders.....one for applique, one for holidays, etc.

LivelyLady

Same here...I've only renewed one this year so far.

PWinston

Don't have a Nook (or a Kindle or any other e-reader, for that matter) but I suspect it is because you can't get the templates, centerfold applique patterns, etc. from your Nook so you would not be able to use a lot of the patterns from the magazine. Maybe??