Free course
Brave Beginner Quilt Course
Everything you need to make your first quilt, and love it! Follow along with Mitzie and Kelly, one short lesson at a time, from picking your colors to squaring up your finished quilt.
- Free video lessons, start to finish
- No experience needed
- Make the Sidewalk Cracks quilt (free pattern)
The lessons
Your first quilt, step by step
Go in order, at your own pace. Each lesson has a video and written steps.
1
Lesson 1
Welcome: make your first quilt and love it
2
Lesson 2
The tools you need (and nothing you don’t)
3
Lesson 3
Your sewing machine, explained
4
Lesson 4
Choosing your fabric colors
5
Lesson 5
Prepping your fabrics
6
Lesson 6
Pressing fabric the right way
7
Lesson 7
Using a rotary cutter
8
Lesson 8
Reading the pattern and cutting fat quarters
9
Lesson 9
Pairing fabrics by value
10
Lesson 10
Sewing strips and pressing seams
11
Lesson 11
Cutting blocks from strip sets
12
Lesson 12
Laying out your quilt top
13
Lesson 13
Sewing the top together
14
Lesson 14
Basting your quilt
15
Lesson 15
Quilting your quilt
16
Lesson 16
Squaring up your quilt
The course quilt
Get the free Sidewalk Cracks pattern
Sidewalk Cracks is the quilt we make together in this course. It’s simple enough for your very first quilt and fun enough that you’ll want to make another.
Sign up with your email to get the free pattern, plus updates when new lessons are posted.
Ready for more?
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