Australian Stitches magazine

My second-favorite sewing magazine (after Threads, of course) is
Australian Stitches. I finally had the chance to go back to the store
where I originally saw them a number of years ago and bought myself up a
bunch more. She still has tons left and people weren't buying them
because, she says, her customers are all into machine embroidery and the
like -- well, I'm not surprised, seeing as though they tend to have a
lot of machine embroidery classes, and my daughter took a Martha Pullen
heirloom sewing class through them for her 15th birthday or thereabouts
(and boy I about croaked when they were trying to sell $5000 machines,
or you could buy an older used one for a bargain $1500 *wilt*) -- so she
isn't buying them any more and they are just sitting there. Such a
shame... I told her I would post something to
rec.crafts.textiles.marketplace for her so that maybe they would sell.
She loves the magazine, too, but she doesn't want to throw out a couple
dozen of them.

Anyway, I couldn't find my old copies to find where to subscribe to it
through the US, and this mag has new subscription information as opposed
to a sticky label stuck in the magazine, and so I am going to subscribe
to them and get them myself.

What I really loved about the copies I original got a number of years
back was that they had this one issue with pages and pages of different
fabrics, and two models were draped in fabric on each page, a different
style for each page, and it was really fun to look at.

I don't know why I like Australian Stitches and don't like Sew News --
the only thing I can think of is that I got rather
disgusted/depressed/wahtever with Sew News's "You can make this $5000
designer ensemble for only $1200" monthly feature, whereas the
Australian Stitches articles seem to be more average every-day practical
and useful things as opposed to trendy/cutting edge/designer-like
garments. Anyway, I couldn't even afford to spend $1200 on a sewing
machine, much less one outfit. Or has Sew News changed since I had a
one-year subscription to it about 10 years ago? (I tried to get a cheap
subscription to them from someone on Ebay whose name was posted on the
newsgroup a few years back, but all the Ebay person did was take my
money and run. I might subscribe to it if I could find a reliable place
to find a cheap subscription, though.

Anyway, I am looking forward to enjoying more virtual everyday sewing.
Ahhhhh.....

My second-favorite sewing magazine (after Threads, of course) is
Australian Stitches

I don't think Sew News magazine is like that now. I love that magazine (I also
love Threads & Austrailian stitches). You might want to pick up a copy of Sew
News and check it out before getting a subscription. I had the same thing
happen to me on ebay (I bought a subscription from someone and never heard from
them)! Now I go to www.sewnews.com and order from them online. I couldn't find
anywhere to buy Aust. stitches except if I ordered it from Austrailia and then
it was quite expensive. Where did you buy your Stitches magazines? Wonder if I
could email her, send the money & she could send me the magazines?
Mickey

In article , Melinda Meahan -
take out TRASH to reply wrote:

My second-favorite sewing magazine (after Threads, of course) is
Australian Stitches.
I enjoy this magazine as well. I had a subscription some time ago which I
let lapse (don't remember why) but I found something in each magazine that
I liked well enough to save the entire magazine. I also subscribe to Sew
News but give it a quick run through, tear out anything of interest and
toss the rest.

--
suzy

After saving my Sew News magazines from Way----back when they were the size
of half a newspaper, I am just getting around to cutting out articles to
keep and tossing the rest. That is, all except the first copy published, I
will keep it. I do not remember ever not having a subscription, usually
extended annually by one of my children, the last extension takes it up to
2008 at which time, I'll think I'll tell them "No more, please."
I've only read Threads for the past 12-15 years and one of them always
extends the subscription to it as well. DS, with whom I live, told me he
just sent a 3-year renewal last week.
But I have never seen Australian Stitches and am most curious about it.
Where would I look for it?
Emily

But I have never seen Australian Stitches and am most curious about it.
Where would I look for it?

Sometimes they're for sale on ebay. You could buy one there and see how you
like it!
Mickey