String & Story Quilt Your First Project with Confidence Bootcamp
Join the Quilt Your First Project with Confidence Bootcamp
The first step toward “no more unfinished quilts” is to quilt just one.
During the live 5-Day Bootcamp, you’ll get the courage and skills to quilt your first real quilt!
🗓️ Join the Quilting Rockstars from August 24-28
🎥 Livestreamed classes at 11am ET + Q&As at 8pm ET (limited-time replays available)
⭐ Access to a private online community, special bonuses, and giveaways!
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking:
“These quilt tops are piling up”
or“I wish I could do pretty quilting like that”
or “Every time I try to quilt my own projects I just get so frustrated”
…this bootcamp is for YOU.
Together, we’ll work step by step to identify your unfinished quilt tops, set you up for success, and actually get that first quilt top done.
In just one week, you’ll:
Choose a project you’re excited to quilt
Set up your machine and practice quilting the meander
Finish and bind your quilt beautifully
What To Expect From The Bootcamp
Real progress in just 5 days.
August 19: Community Opens: This Bootcamp is hosted in a private online community. We’ll welcome you a few days early so you can start to get to know your fellow Quilting Rockstars.
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Day 0: Bootcamp Kickoff
Join HollyAnne on Sunday evening for a special WIP sorting party. Get real about the unfinished quilts in your sewing room and pick which one you’ll quilt this week!
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Day 1: Supplies for Free Motion Quilting & How to Adjust Your Tension
If free motion quilting feet make your head spin and tension makes your tense, we’re going to clear up your confusion and create gorgeous, crisp stitches together.
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Day 2: How to Baste Your Quilt
Mix up a batch of homemade spray baste with HollyAnne and learn the fundamentals of basting your quilt to avoid wrinkles, puckers, and other angst.
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Day 3: Free Motion Quilt the Meander
Learn how to create the meander design, adjust scale, and create nice, even stitches.
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Day 4: How to Practice Free Motion Quilting (& Actually Get Better)
One motif and one quilt are thrilling, but how do you keep growing from here?
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Day 5: Basic Machine Binding
AKA Binding tips and tricks for folks who hate binding as much as I do. Then, your quilt is ready to be loved and snuggled!
By the end of the bootcamp, you’ll go from “I hope I don’t mess this up” to “I can’t believe I finished this quilt!”
A Note from HollyAnne
A few years ago, one of my students, Jan, told me she had a stack of quilt tops collecting dust because she was scared she’d ruin them.
But once she got started, everything changed — her confidence grew, her quilts came to life, and she started finishing projects she’d been avoiding for years.
That’s what I want for you, too. I’ll show you how simple it can be to learn a new skill and finally finish your own quilts
— HollyAnne Knight, Founder of String & Story
Bootcamp Details
✨ What: A live quilting experience where you’ll free motion quilt your first quilt
🧵 Who: You, me, and your fellow Quilting Rockstars who are tired of unfinished quilts and being haunted by harsh words from the quilt police
📅 When: August 24-28 at 11am and 8pm ET
📍 Where: Connect everyday inside our private online community. HollyAnne will go live to teach in the mornings and host a Q&A each evening
💖 Why: Because every quilter deserves to finish their own quilts
🎥 Replays: Available until August 29th. This bootcamp is designed for you to stitch along in real time so you finish your quilt!
There will be a special giveaway each day for folks who join at least one call live!
Whether you have…..
A small sewing machine:
“I went from being completely intimidated by free motion quilting to feeling comfortable enough to quilt my own quilts! I have an amazing toolbox of free motion motifs to use in the future and I can't wait to finish even more quilts myself."
No artistic ability:
“Before I started I could not make a curved line at all! Now I love making curvy motifs! The support and encouragement from HollyAnne and other Rockstars is so helpful! Worth every penny!"
A busy life:
“The structure of the class let me set the pace. As the weeks went by, I could see and feel my progress, going from awkward drawings and quilting sessions, to feeling my progress as I gained confidence. Never would I have thought in just a few months I would improve to this level.”
Budget constraints:
“Free Motion Quilting was always something that just seemed way too scary for me to even try, and I’ve followed HollyAnne for the last little bit just trying to justify the cost to myself and getting the courage to just try it. The whole course was professionally done and really well put together… I have already free motion quilted 4 quilts. Money so well spent!”
A loud inner critic:
“I loved the ‘permission to play’! Great videos to show us how to do each motif. I really thought this would be difficult but once I got going it really isn’t that hard. Practice is fun! You give us the confidence to get past our fears and get started! I really enjoyed this class.”
Lots of unfinished quilts:
“Best money I ever spent. I continue practicing every day, and I’ve quilted 52 projects since 2019, from table runners to queen size quilts. HollyAnne is an amazing teacher.”
Limited tech knowledge:
“HollyAnne is my favorite teacher for machine quilting because of her limitless enthusiasm and encouragement! I love that questions are answered live and cohorts have ongoing support and lesson access. What a privilege and opportunity to be in the very first Ruler Machine Quilting Academy cohort!”
It’s time to grow your skills and confidence!
If you’ve been free motion quilting curious,
Unfinished quilt frustrated,
Or Quilt Police discouraged,
then the Quilt Your First Project with Confidence Bootcamp is for YOU.
The quilt we finish together this week is just the beginning!