I finally found a copy of the latest issue of Quilter’s Home. HOORAY! This one truly has a subscription card in it. I haven’t filled it out yet, but will. I want to encourage Mark who seems to love us, has a great sense of humor and fun, which I think the quilt world needs AND has articles that make me want to move in next door to him and become his new best friend.
The fridge article was a bit weird, but it made me think about what was in my fridge (WAY too much leftover rice). I also thought that there was too much diet Coke in those quilt teachers’ fridges. I love that Alex Anderson keeps face cream in her fridge.
The project for big prints was great and I might add it to my list of things to make.
I wasn’t interested in the Splish-Splash needlework pieces, but that’s me. I really enjoyed the bio of Mark. It was great to learn how he became a dad and that he used to work in a quilt store.
QH isn’t perfect, but the overall entertainment value makes up for the articles that don’t interest me.
I also recently read the quilt issue of Piecework. Sigh.
I used to have a subscription and devour the magazine. I love history and remember one article on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that riveted me. Even the quilt issue is now a pale shadow of what it used to be. The article on Marie Webster’s quilts was pathetic. It has footnotes, but they were all to secondary sources and it just wasn’t long enough to do justice to the woman or her quilts. There are too many projects for a history type magazine, but I guess that is supposedly what sells. One project was for knitting quilt blocks. Why bother? The knitters can wait for an issue while we quiltmakers revel. I just think Piecework has lost its way and its focus. I hope CPS and Quilting Arts don’t follow in Piecework’s footsteps.