01
Level 1 · One afternoon
The Launchpad
A graphic bedroom banner · 20" × 24"
- ✓Meet your sewing machine
- ✓Fabric grain & starch
- ✓Rotary driver's licence
- ✓The true ¼" seam
- ✓Pressing, not ironing
- ✓Pillowcase finish & hanging tabs
The Next-Gen Quilter · kids with a mentor, or adults on their own
From “Can I do this?” to “I made that.”
A modern quilting course for kids learning with a mentor, and adults learning on their own. Make three genuinely useful projects, build real confidence, and learn to make the next quilt without needing someone to rescue you.
13 short lessons · 12 practice games · no quilt police required
$129 CAD
One payment · lifetime access · kids or adults
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Zero seam-rippingPicture the moment
They made it. You helped them get there.
With a young maker
It's Sunday afternoon. The banner is on their bedroom wall. The tech sleeve is packed for school. They're choosing fabric for the quilt, not asking whether they're allowed to touch the machine.
On your own
The first quilt is on the sofa. It isn't flawless. It's yours. And now you know how to make the next one without a rescue session or a mystery video.
Built for the person who's scared they'll mess it up
Most beginners don't quit because quilting is hard.
They quit because nobody explains what went wrong, or gives them permission to get it wrong first. Practise the move before you cut the fabric. See what went wrong without guessing. Fix it without shame. Then make the real thing.
This course doesn't assume confidence. It's built to create it.
Parents & mentors
You don't have to be the expert. You get to be the person who helped them discover they could do it.
Adult beginners
You're not behind. You just haven't had a course built for the way grown-ups learn.
Quilters passing it on
Teach the next generation without becoming the permanent seam ripper.
Experienced quilters
The projects teach the foundations. The Workbench changes every quilt after this one.
One course, two ways to learn
Taught the way adults learn. And the way kids learn.
Adults on their own · Solo mode
Built on adult education
- The "why" first: how tension, grain and seam allowance actually work.
- Fix-it charts in every lesson: what you see, why it happens, how to fix it.
- Builds on what you already know from other hands-on work.
- Your pace. Jump to any lesson or tool; nothing locks.
- No cartoon mascot, no kid talk.
Kids with a mentor · Duo mode
Built on youth education
- Clear jobs every lesson: what the young maker does, what the mentor checks.
- Practice in a game first, then on real fabric.
- A safety check in every lesson: needle zone, blade guard, iron parking.
- A talk-about-it question at the end to lock in what they learned.
- Stamps, trophies and a certificate to celebrate progress.
Not a confident quilter yourself?
The course teaches the mentor too
You don't need to know how to quilt to guide a young maker. Every lesson tells you exactly what to check, what to say, and what to do when something goes wrong. You learn side by side.
Inches or centimetres
No more maths barrier
Most patterns are in inches. Most kids learn centimetres at school. One switch turns every measurement in the course into the sizes metric quilters actually cut, so nobody gets stuck doing conversions.
Each level builds on the last
Banner. Sleeve. Quilt. Done.
02
Level 2 · A weekend
Everyday Armour
A padded sleeve for their laptop or tablet
- ✓The quilt sandwich
- ✓Walking-foot straight lines
- ✓Squaring up thick layers
- ✓Folding into 3D
- ✓Flaps & closures
03
Level 3 · A few sessions
The Big League
A full graphic throw quilt · 48" × 54"
- ✓Stack, whack & chain piecing
- ✓Design wall layout
- ✓Nesting seams
- ✓Basting the big one
- ✓Mitred binding & the artist label
By the end you've earned all eight Skill Passport stamps (machine, grain, cutting, seaming, sandwich, quilting, nesting and binding) and can walk into a fabric store and make any pattern on your own.
Every lesson, four steps
Understand it before you sew it.
01
Watch
Real photos, short video clips and step-by-step drawings for every move. Nothing left to guess.
02
Play a 3D game
12 practice games, one per skill, with levels and stars. Cut, steer seams, press, baste and mitre on screen before touching fabric.
03
Check
Quick picture questions: what happens if you slide the iron? Where does the bobbin go?
04
Go sew
A tick-as-you-go checklist for doing it for real, plus words to know, how to fix common mistakes and a level-up challenge.
Also inside
Built for young makers. Powerful enough for veterans.
Two ways to learn
Duo Studio for a young maker and mentor, or the Modern Maker Studio for adults learning on their own. Switch any time.
Studio Workbench
Every tool one click away, plus a printable cut list & yardage calculator and a studio bench card.
Master's corner
Why each step works: the turn of the cloth, grain physics, tension, ergonomics.
Inches or centimetres
One tap switches every measurement, using the round sizes metric quilters actually cut.
My Studio
Maker profile, a sewing room that fills up as you earn stamps, trophies, a photo gallery of your makes and a printable certificate.
Follows you everywhere
Progress, stars and settings are saved to your account, so phone and computer always match.
Try the tools right now
Studio tools you'll use on every quilt.
Pick any device, drag the slider, watch a flat quilted panel fold into a padded sleeve — then drop the device in to check the fit. Gives the exact cut sizes.
1. Flat panel. Quilt your sandwich, then cut it to 11⅜″ × 18¾″. Bind or zigzag the bottom short edge now: that's the pocket opening.
🔒 Printable sewing steps included in the course
Cut the quilted panel
11⅜" × 18¾"
Lining & batting
13⅜" × 20¾" — quilt first, then trim
Fold line
8⅛" up from the bottom
Binding
2 strips 2¼" × WOF
Includes ⅜" of ease (extra wiggle room so the device slides in and out easily), 4% take-up for quilting, and ¼" seams. Flap drops 2½".
Learning with a young maker?
Clear jobs. No taking over.
The young maker is the Creative Director — colours, layout, machine speed, final say. The grown-up is the Studio Crew — iron, blade checks, thread, cheering. Every lesson is built in 35-minute sprints so nobody burns out, and every skill earns a stamp in a Skill Passport.
Learning on your own? Pick the Modern Maker Studio: no mascot or mentor lock, grown-up project names, technical notes and the full Workbench up front.
From Brandon
“Guilds keep telling me nobody's teaching the young ones. So I made the class I'd want — loud colours, real tools, and permission to be imperfect.”
The first quilt changes everything.
Start with a banner. Build a sleeve. Finish a real throw quilt. $129 CAD once through PayPal: not a subscription, not a monthly bill. Lifetime access, for a duo or on your own.