The Quilting Business Academy: Empowering the Next Generation of Instructors
At the Quilting Business Academy, we believe that artistic mastery and business success go hand in hand. We don’t just teach you how to quilt; we provide the complete framework to build, manage, and scale a professional quilting business. Our mission is to give you the confidence of an expert and the tools of a CEO. Our Comprehensive Success Framework. When you join our academy, you are equipping yourself with a lifetime of professional assets:
Licensed Quilting Curriculum: Hit the ground running with our proven, 14-year-tested Quilting 101 curriculum. Complete with lesson plans and handouts, it is yours to teach, brand, and build your own classes with immediately.
Professional Online Presence: You won't leave with a "to-do" list; you’ll leave with a fully functional, 5-page professional website, built with Dorene during your Academy week so you are customer-ready from day one.
A Proven Business Roadmap: Eliminate the guesswork with a practical, actionable business plan designed to launch your venture and sustain long-term growth.
Accountant-Approved Recordkeeping: Take the stress out of the numbers with our professional-grade templates and systems designed specifically for longarm and quilting businesses.
Mastery in Presentation: Whether you are delivering a guild lecture, hosting a trunk show, or packaging your services for high-end clients, we teach you how to present yourself with the polish and authority of an industry leader.
Direct One-on-One Mentorship: You are never on your own. Throughout the week, you receive personalized, dedicated guidance from Jackie and Dorene to refine your vision and solve your unique business challenges.
Turn Your Expertise into an Enterprise. You have the passion for fiber arts—now get the systems to turn that passion into a thriving, professional business. Join the Quilting Business Academy and walk away with your curriculum, your website, and your roadmap to success.
At the Quilting Business Academy, we believe something simple and important: to teach well, we must keep learning. We know that being great at something doesn’t happen once — it happens by growing, practicing, and trying new things all the time.
We don’t just teach quilting. We stay active in the art/quilting world. We learn from top teachers and artists from around the world — including master artist Velda Newman at events like Art Quilt Tahoe. This helps us keep our lessons fresh, creative, and up to the highest standards in today’s fiber‑art world.
Why This Matters for You
Learning from the Best: The skills we teach aren’t just ideas. They come from real training, real practice, and real guidance from the best artists in quilting as well as years of our own experience.
A Place to Grow: In our academy, everyone is both a teacher and a learner. When you study with us, you’re not just learning a pattern — you’re learning how real textile artists think, create, and improve.
Confidence for the Future: Because we stay connected to top artists and the newest ideas, our students stay ahead. We keep learning the latest quilting techniques so we can bring fresh, helpful ideas to our students. We are building a long‑lasting tradition of excellence. By improving our own skills every year, we make sure every student leaves our academy with strong abilities, creative confidence, and the knowledge to shine in the quilting world.