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.....