I only started subscribing to Quilting Arts at the beginning of the year. I thought I had signed up in time for the January issue but the first one to arrive was the Spring issue. As others have said before the delivery times to Europe are ridiculous. It takes 4 – 6 weeks for an issue to arrive. I subscribe to other American magazines that arrive far faster – almost as fast as they go out on the racks. So when my first copy arrived imagine my disappointment that the printing was all screwed up. The colours weren’t alligned and the effect was horrible. I couldn’t look at half the pages in the magazine without feeling seasick.
An email to the publisher was answered promptly and I was promised a free replacement. I thought this might arrive faster, but it took another 5 weeks to make to our mailbox. Followed shortly after by the next issue, which had also been sent on the back of a pidgeon who was obviously very unfit. The magazines are interesting and have lots of useful information and eye candy in them. Having read parts 4 and 5 of the series on Design I decided to order the back issues so that I could have parts 1, 2 and 3. I was resigned to another long wait.
Imagine my surprise and delight when they arrived within a week. Pity they can’t offer this service for the current issues. Since we are still in the middle of chaos in the house with the renovations I’ve not had much chance to read them yet. But I have something to look forward to later.
