I've bought one or two of the Sew Hip magazines and found them very basic. I have teenagers who were attracted to some of the patterns but I found the items a bit "unfinshed" looking (or do i mean niave?) Anyway, my daughter says I'm not hip! I got them in WH Smith, too.
There is a new sewing magazine to be launched at the end of the month by the Crafts Beautiful magazine house, called Sew. There is a special direct debit rate of £3 for 3 issues for UK subscribers, so may be worth a try as cheaper than a single copy. http://www.sewmag.co.uk
Sewing World is the UK's best magazine aimed at dressmakers, with other projects too. I think so anyway as I buy quite a few copies, although not every one. I've learnt quite a bit from it.
I subscribe to Popular Patchwork and buy most issues of British Patchwork and Quilting as well. Each has its own style, just like the various American magazines, which can be very hard to track down. Australian ones are hard to source too if you don't want to subscribe.

Hello Amanda, Welcome to TQS. .
Lorchen, the problem is we all spend so much time on this website, we dont have time to look at any others. Lol. Pam

Sure, Ali. I just wonder if it leaves a lot of very confused wanna-be interior designers behind who try to follow all the advice and don't get anywhere.

Saying that, apparently there is a lot more information on the website. But I haven't had the time yet to check that out.

Lorchen

But if it introduces a load more (younger?) people to various crafts and expands the market, it's got to be good.

Amo, you haven't missed much. As usual for this series, Kirstie visited somebody who makes stuff (I think she calls them artisans), played with the principles for a couple of minutes, and then left. The 'expert' finished the project and delivered the item to Kirstie's house. For some reason Kirstie also had all the necessary vintage/second-hand fabrics (hurrah for a good research team in the wings!) that seemed to make the project a real bargain. I would dearly love to know how much they really paid the quilter to make that piece.

Lorchen

I so wanted to watch that Ali!!! Peeved I missed it too, I like Kirsty and doing the making renovation stuff.

I can't watch the catch ups like C4 or iPlayer. I have broadband through a satellite dish and the ground station is in Turin so I'm not in England apparently!!! (They still take the licence fee though. )

Glad you found it Lorchen, and hello Pam.

Lorchen, I'm glad you managed to find a copy. I must admit I didn't buy it. I just skimmed thorugh the article in the shop. The honest truth is that magazine is just too young for me. IUt seems to be aimed at people nearer my daughter's age. I did buy a copy of Popular Patchwork a month or two ago which had 'A day in the life of Ricky Tims. I enjoyed that.

Pam

This is really funny:

I went to my local Co-op today. This is realy small town stuff! I went to buy some veg and fresh fruit. So I decided to buy a couple of fashion magazines as a treat for my son's girlfriend. Next to the 'girly' stuff is a lot of 'boys toys' magazines, and tucked behind them, almost out of sight, one copy of this sewing magazine. If it can make it to our sleepy neck of the woods, it must be rather special (or the branch manager's mother wanted it).

Lrchen

They only started publishing it in October last year, this was issue 7. The other article I found interesting was on Kirstie's Homemade Home. Anyone else seen this programme on Channel 4? It's great that someone as well known as Kirstie Allsop is rooting for British crafts and getting it on telly - including quilting! You can watch catch-up episodes online, so our US chums can watch too - http://www.channel4.com/programmes/kirsties-homemade-home/catch-up#2872169 . I bought the magazine in a local McColl's store (which also has the post office, my reason for visiting!), but I would imagine WH Smiths stocks it too.

Our WH Smith just about manages Patchwork and Quilting!

Apparently Sew Hip is our 'Number 1' sewing magazine!!!! http://www.sewhip.co.uk/

Anyone else heard of it over here???

Ladies

Our local W H Smith has it.

Pam

I have never heard of that magazine, let alone seen it.

Yohoooo, Lilo! There are so many sections in the Forum that one more won't matter. How about etting up one called 'International'. The members in various countries can ask for there own place wthin that category. And of course, we'd like a "United Kingdom" one, please.

Lorchen

Be even better if we could have the UK section up and running.

I've heard from Lilo and she says I can start a thread but we need a category for it to work. Perhaps she'll get back to me again soon.

Lilo????


And where did you find that mag? Really quite limited around here.

TQS has a full page write-up in the latest Sew Hip magazine. It's a relatively new publication in the UK, I was just flicking through it to kill a couple of minutes in the shop, but I had to buy it once I saw the TQS article . Most of the page is take up with pictures of the site, but it's very eye-catching and hopefully will get some more subscribers.