Quilters Playspace

Quilt Challenge Community

Quilters Playspace

Quilt Challenge Community

Monthly Quilt Challenges

Fast Block Challenges that Spark Creativity & Build Real Quilting Confidence.

If you want to make better quilts and trust yourself more in the process, then this community is for you!

Each month, the Quilters Playspace community hosts a new quilt challenge (a simple creative prompt that everyone follows) designed to increase your quilting technique, understand color & design principles better, and express yourself more through your quilts.

It only takes 30-60 minutes each month and a willingness to try something new without worrying about how it will turn out.

The main goal is to play, learn and be inspired. If you like the block you make, you can always turn it into a full-blown quilt!

Then share your finished challenge project in our community to get encouragement, celebration, and to inspire other quilters!

There's nothing worse than starting a huge new quilt just to get part-way into it and realize you don’t really love it and you wasted all that time, fabric and money. This will help you grow your confidence & creativity so you rarely feel that way again.

Instead, join us in a new block challenge each month, where you can try out new ideas before committing to a full-on quilt, with quilters just like you.

Starting at $14.99 per month! 🤩

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“The most original ideas come from a willingness to experiment without knowing the outcome.”

~ Todd Lubart

Hi! I'm Jamie Bright!

I am a Minnesota-based quilter who believes in human rights for all and is committed to creating a safe, inclusive quilting community for anyone of any identity who enjoys quilting (or wants to learn).

I created the Quilters Playspace because, as a professional quilt pattern designer and teacher, I spend far more time behind a computer screen than behind my sewing machine.

And that absolutely kills my creativity.

The best way I’ve found to re-spark my creativity is to give myself a challenge and actually make something, even if it’s just a single quilt block.

Research shows that creative challenges and constraints spark creativity. (Patricia Stokes, 2005).

In fact, challenges are what sparked my most popular quilt designs.

The Luminary Quilt

A Scrap Challenge

This design came from a challenge I gave myself to use up some pretty (but irregularly shaped) strip-set ends that were too beautiful to throw away.

The Stardrift Quilt

A Skills Challenge

Stardrift was created when I challenged myself to try a new skill (machine-made cathedral windows) and wondered what they’d look like spaced apart.

The String Magic Quilt

A Fabric Challenge

String Magic came from seeing the Ruby Star Society “Selvedge Magic” fabric and wondering what in the world you’d do with that to make it look good.

Creative challenges capture my attention and spark creativity in ways I can’t fully explain, and I want them to be a regular part of my quilting.

And with all the uncertainty in the world right now, there’s a deep part of me that NEEDS more time being creative & quilting to help calm my nervous system, without the pressure to finish a big project, so that I can show up as my best for the things in life that REALLY matter (like defending basic human rights).

"When our hands are busy, our minds often become calmer"

~ Kelly Lambert

I want to play more.
Take more creative risks.
Not worry if something will turn out “right”.

And it’s always more fun to do that together, in a kind, supportive, and inclusive community, than to do it alone.

So if you want to join me and other inspired quilters in a monthly challenge, I invite you to join us in the Quilters Playspace.

Starting at $14.99 per month! 🤩

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Starting at $14.99 per month! 🤩

Join Now >>>

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The Quilters Playspace is for you if you want to…

✨ Be a More Creative Quilter

Our challenges are designed to spark creativity and help you become a more creative quilter! You can stop overthinking every decision and see what happens when you trust yourself and just sew.

✨ Gain New Quilting Skills

Each challenge comes with a mini video lesson to help you increase your skills as a quilter. Small monthly challenges are perfect to try new techniques before you commit to using them on a bigger quilt, so you can feel more confident as a quilter.

✨ Get Outside Your Comfort Zone

Feel like all your quilts look the same? This will help you break out of your comfort zone and create something new!

✨ Use Your Stash & Scraps

Small monthly challenges mean you can easily use the fabrics you already have (though if you’re eyeing some new beautiful fabric bundle, I’m happy to encourage you to get it if you need someone to enable you!)

✨ Find your Quilting Style

The more you play, the more you’ll see what YOUR creative style really is. Monthly challenges help you make quilts that look more like YOU and help you express yourself through your quilts.

✨ Quilt without Pressure to Finish or Look Good!

The Quilters Playspace is designed to have fun playing with fabric. When there’s no pressure to be perfect and finish an entire quilt, it gives us freedom to try something new, do things your own way, and enjoy the process!

The Quilters Playspace
is for you
if you want to…

✨ Be a More Creative Quilter

✨ Gain New Quilting Skills

✨ Get Outside Your Comfort Zone

Feel like all your quilts look the same? This will help you break out of your comfort zone and create something new!

✨ Use Your Stash & Scraps

✨ Find your Quilting Style

✨ Quilt without Pressure to Finish or Look Good!

“Creativity lives in paradox: Serious art is born from Serious play.”

~Julia Cameron, Author of “The Artist’s Way”

Here's EXACTLY what you get when you join:

Monthly Quilt Block Challenges to spark your creativity & help you stretch outside your comfort zone.
Monthly Mini-Lesson related to the challenge to help you become a better quilter and more confident in your creations!
Private, Customers-Only Community: Access to some of the most encouraging, supportive quilters I’ve ever met, who will celebrate each challenge you complete and be inspired by your makes!
Chance to be featured to my greater audience showing off your interpretation of the challenge!
Satisfaction that you’re supporting an independent, Minnesota-based quilter (me!) as I pursue my dreams of supporting my family with quilting (and I’m SO grateful!)
Surprise, limited-time gift drops from myself and from sponsors. My hope is to have at least 1 sponsored gifts per month that you get free as a member that you’d normally have to pay for.

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✔️ Occassional Gifts from Sponsors
✔️ Easy, One-Click Cancellation (though we doubt you'll want to!)

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Frequently Asked Questions:

Is this made from AI or is it run by an actual Quilter?

I'm glad you asked, because trust is at an all-time low right now, with scammers everywhere stealing patterns and selling low-quality AI-made garbage.

I’m a real, human quilt designer who is trying to support myself and my family in the quilting industry, and there's no AI used in this at all. You can see my work (and some silly shenanigans) on Instagram at @jamiebrightquilts.

I've also got an incredible (human) team that answers any questions you have via email (their names are Ashley & Amanda, and they are lovely).

Can I cancel my subscription?

Of course. We get it - circumstances change, but you can cancel your subscription at any time with zero hassles. We’ll be sad to see you go, but you can always join again in the future!

How do I cancel my subscription?

You can cancel at any time with the click of a button using our easy one-click cancellation form.

Simply visit your account page inside the Quilters Playspace, verify your email address, and click the “cancel” button. All future payments will immediately be canceled, with zero hassles and no hard feelings.

And yes, you’re always welcome to come back and join again in the future.

How do I access the Quilters Playspace?

As soon as you finish filling out the form, our system will send you a magic link within 5-8 minutes that gives you immediate access to the Quilters Playspace members-only website. Just click the magic link, and you’ll have full access to the site. No logins to create or remember.

You’ll also get a link to join our private, customers-only community which is hosted on Facebook where you can introduce yourself and connect with other quilters like yourself!

Do the videos have captions? In what languages?

Yes, the challenge lessons & videos are fully captioned in English, Spanish, French, and German. The text and audio is only in English at this time.

Can I speed up or slow down the videos?

Absolutely. There is a button at the bottom right-side of the screen that will allow you to change this to whatever speed you want it to be.

What Level Quilter is this for?

Because YOU choose what you make for each challenge, this is suitable for both beginners who are looking to learn more skills AND advanced quilters who are looking to stretch their creative muscles and get out of their comfort zones.

Can I do the challenge more than once?

Absolutely. If a specific challenge inspires you, then make as many variations of it as you want to! You can even go back to past challenges and post them in our group at any time. We always celebrate when inspiration strikes, no matter when that is!

Spoiler Alert: You'll earn a star ⭐ for every challenge you complete, so the more you do, the more stars you can earn!

Is this a contest? Will it be judged?

No. There is no judging, no feedback (except what you ask for in the private group), and no completion prizes.

However, each month I’ll select a handful of quilters who completed the challenge to feature to my wider audience on social media and my email list to inspire them.

The goal isn’t to make the BEST thing, the goal is to MAKE something, play around, and see what happens.

Do I need to buy a fabric kit to participate?

No. In fact, you can totally use your existing stash and scraps to do the challenge each month.

(But don’t let us stop you from purchasing a bundle of fabric that brings you joy 🎉 if you need an excuse…)

Do I need any special rulers or notions?

Nope. You’re free to use them for challenges if you want to, but we won’t require any special tools to complete a challenge.

What if I get behind?

You can’t. You can always jump into our current challenge, even if you missed a month, or go back and do old challenges (which will be available for as long as you are an active member).

Is this a Block of the Month?

Definitely NOT! Though you are free to treat it like one if you want to.

Each month is an independent challenge meant to spark your creativity. There are no shipping charges, no patterns to get behind on, and you can keep access to all challenges for as long as you’re an active member.

What will I do with all the blocks I make?

That’s completely up to you! You can finish them as wall hangings, put them together to form a quilt, give them to a friend who loves them, make pot holders, tote bags, mug rugs, really anything.

How do I get sponsored gifts? Do you give them my information?

We NEVER share your information with anyone, including sponsors.

When sponsored gifts are available, you’ll receive an email notifying you that a gift is available for a limited time and will receive instructions on how to redeem the gift directly from that particular sponsor.

Gifts will not be available for free after the limited time frame has passed for any reason, so make sure you redeem your free gifts before they expire (you’ll usually have 1 week to redeem any gifts).

Because we are an international, inclusive community that welcomes all people and wants all members to find the gifts relevant, sponsored gifts (such as patterns) will not be religious or country-specific/patriotic in nature so-as to keep them relevant to the entire community.

If you’d like to be a sponsor, please email me at jamie@craftadream.com directly for details. There's currently no financial fee to sponsor the Quilters Playspace, but sponsors are highly curated for product value (cannot be an item you offer for free already), relevance to the entire community and for inclusive values.

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Thanks so much!

I can't wait to see what you make and to get to know you better in our community.

Thank you deeply for helping me live out my dream of supporting my family full-time with quilting. Your support means so much more to me than the money you spend, and I'm grateful to have you as a part of my dream. 🥰

May your bobbins always be full, and your rotary cutter always be sharp!

Warmly,