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Quilting Magazines
I'm trying to cut back on my quilt magazine fetish/addiction. I used to get
both British mags, all issues of 'Quilt' magazines, McCalls, BHG, Fabrications (another Brit mag) Australian P&Q, Quiltmaker and just about anything else quilty that I discovered on the newsagent's shelf. I've cut back (well most months) and I only now intend getting Quilter's Home for a good read and Quiltmania, I like their style. But my epal in Iowa kindly got me a subscription to McCalls which I'm enjoying. However, I did buy the March QNM. There's a really nice quilt on the front and a few inside. I had a subscription to Australian Country Threads but although the projects were pretty there was way to much I wouldn't make and I found that there was way too many adverts in, and the same ones each issue so I didn't renew. I really don't need any patterns though. I have enough to last several centuries of quilting. But..... On the topic of fabric buying I have to put my hand up to buying most mine from on-line stores in the US. My limit per order is equal to £18 which is before tax is then slapped on. I can find what the fabric I like to use and it always is a fraction , even after postage, than it would cost to buy here, even if I could find the fabric I'm looking for here. I do however, support a few quilt stores in the UK if and when I see something I like. Elly http://community.webshots.com/user/b...host=community http://ellydspatchwork.blogspot.com "Steph" wrote in message ... I saw a posting about Fons and Porter and that got me thinking... I like magazines and I've seen several different quilting magazines out there. Does anyone subscribe to any or recommend any? I'm sure that personal style/taste dictates a bit of who likes which ones but any general comments? Thanks Steph |
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Anne Rogers wrote:
yikers, I really don't know how they work out the customs fees, I do know printed material is exempt as are gifts up to a certain value. I've noticed some quilt shops saying they won't write gift on the customs sticker, so some people must have been asking them to do that. I didn't order that much from the US and I've never had a customs charge, as I think they just don't waste time opening small packets, as far as I recall all the customs labels have been truthful as well. I did hear of the odd person who ordered feather dusters from flylady who got stung, but many many more who didn't. http://preview.tinyurl.com/aqwft explains it all in terms understandbale by a tax expert.... However, not all dutiable packages get assessed, especially if it is relatively small in size and/or low in value. I have had 4 global priority envelopes delivered to me fixed together with a rubber (elastic) band that each should have been dutied, but have escaped. Other times a single GP envelope gets assessed. Even when I have paid shipping, taxes and duties the fabric usually works out cheaper than visiting the LQS, expecially if I buy sale fabrics. Lizzy |
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Buying fabric from "overseas" was Quilting Magazines
(Autralian) Duty/tax is based on a couple of things, but
mainly the nature of the goods and their value. Into Australia I think the duty on textiles is about 30% (?), but Customs will only go for parcels with a value of (about) AU$200 or more (less is considered personal use I think, or maybe not worth the high admin cost of tax recovery). So if I buy up to US$150 worth of fabric at US$9 per yard (under the AU$200 threshold) even with air mail costs it can be a LOT cheaper than here in Australia (maybe the equivalent of $18 per metre instead of $25). But that is a lot of fabric to buy at once. In the UK the duty payable value level is much lower than here, so you can only buy small amounts without attracting tax costs, so the shipping costs on the smaller quantities will cancel out much of the savings. AU$19 per metre is - ABOUT - US$14.50 per yard, and about what it costs to buy the better quality fabric lines in Spotlight (our equiv of Joann's). We have a very small population base, and almost everything is imported over long distances. That, plus the Duty charges and the high cost of distribution/marketing across vast internal distances means that our LQSs are not being unreasonable in charging at these levels. I always tried to support any LQS where I lived in the past, but I don't have one closer than 100km away. Sadly it is now cheaper and easier for me to buy from the US than from the next State. Largely because of taxes and small production volumes, our locally produced fabrics often retail at more than the imported fabrics. You can buy them cheaper in the US than we can here. (BTW - the gorgeous aboriginal prints are unique, and worth checking out if you can find them) So it becomes a fine balancing act to apportion the high shipping costs against the total quantity and value of the order and stay under the Customs limits. I have amassed a huge stash over 25 years (and I do mean HUGE), so if I didn't buy again for the rest of my life I would still never use it all, esp as I don't sew much myself any more. But my sewing group use my stash as a resource, simply paying cost to replace metre for metre. It allows me to indulge my fabric buying addiction lol, keep current fabrics on hand and have a wide range of fabrics available for sewers that are in a remote area. Of course the quantity of each fabric I have is relatively small, but they quickly learn to deal with what might be seen as "running out of fabric", and realise that if they need 1m of the red fabric that I only have 0.5m of, using similar red fabric(s) and mixing them will achieve the same colour balance and is often more interesting. "Many (different fabrics) is good, more is better" is a mantra here lol Buying over the internet may often be cheaper, but you cannot beat browsing in a LQS and testing fabric combinations. (sigh) -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o o o o o ( Y ) ( Y ) and ( Y ) Boofhead Donut Rasputin http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "SewVeryCreative" wrote in message ... : Ah ... so do I have this correctly (for the most part)?: : : Let's say I own Blah-Blah Fabric Shop and ship an order to a client in the : UK. In the US, the value of the shipment is only, say, $20. But in the UK's : shops, it would go for, say, ? 60 (which would be what? About $70 US?). My : UK client then runs the risk of Customs opening the package and assessing : the fees on the (hypothetical) ? 60? So not only are they paying the $$ for : the order (and conversion fees?), shipping, but also now adding to it : whatever Customs fees? : : AFA us manufacturing fabric cheaper than Europe, I think that hearkens back : to the Civil War, doesn't it?? I remember something about the main : manufacturing responsiblity moving from England to the North US at some : point (which is one of the reason the South went to war with the North -- : the South, because it was able to grow the cotton wasn't allowed to refine : it and manufacture the goods) ... does that make sense??? : : I think I need a nap, LOL!! : -- : Connie : http://sewverycreative.blogspot.com : : : "Anne Rogers" wrote in message : . .. : SewVeryCreative wrote: : Ooooo-kay ... can't you buy it from the US and have it cheaper?? Or is : that : not how it works??? : : Not trying to be smart-mouthy, just have NO idea how it all works. I : mean, I : assume you'd have to pay Customs/import fees ... but still, : wouldn't/isn't : that cheaper than buying locally? Or is it more of a case of doing what : you : need to to keep the local shops open?? : : To a certain extent you can, the issue is customs, I don't know the : exact ins and outs of it, but it's hit and miss, if they open the parcel : to see what it is, you could get stung badly. On the other hand you can : get great deals, particularly if someone uses the fixed prices USPS : envelopes. : : Anne : : |
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That should be QNL
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:05:02 -0500, Bonnie Patterson wrote: I used to subscribe to a lot of mags., now I only take Fons & Porter (love the tips), QNN (comes with membership), and Quilter's Home (love Mark Lapinsky's articles, not a lot of pattersns), spellings may be off 'cause I can't spell very well. Bonnie, in Middletown, VA On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:13:25 -0800 (PST), Steph wrote: I saw a posting about Fons and Porter and that got me thinking... I like magazines and I've seen several different quilting magazines out there. Does anyone subscribe to any or recommend any? I'm sure that personal style/taste dictates a bit of who likes which ones but any general comments? Thanks Steph |
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Bad memories never fade. I am hoping the problem with F & P have been solved but some years ago when they first started publishing I paid for a year subscription...to make a long story short I never got even ONE magazine or my money refunded. I swear by Better Homes & Gardens' American Patchwork & Quilting. Not only their magazines but their lovely calendar which arrived each year without being prompted. This has nothing to do with the fact that back in the forties I was their branch Officer Auditor,&cost accountant in Des Moines. IA. They werent putting out the quilt magazines then only BH&G Magazine and the Farm Journal. Back then the cooks in the test kitchen let the Business Office taste test the recipes. WOW! Those were the days!!! Rhoda On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:13:25 -0800 (PST), Steph wrote: I saw a posting about Fons and Porter and that got me thinking... I like magazines and I've seen several different quilting magazines out there. Does anyone subscribe to any or recommend any? I'm sure that personal style/taste dictates a bit of who likes which ones but any general comments? Thanks Steph |
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