Share Your Creativity Beyond Your Sewing Room
You're more ready than you think.
The Workshop Teacher Blueprint walks you through how everyday quilters lead workshops in guilds and shops — and how it can become reliable, paid creative work without running a full business.
The Workshop Teacher Blueprint for Quilters &Â Makers
You may have thought about this…
You love quilting:
You help friends choose fabrics.
People ask you questions about projects.
You enjoy classes and guild meetings.
And at some point a quiet thought has probably crossed your mind:
“I wish this could be more than just a hobby… but I don’t want to run a full business.”
You don’t want:
- a storefront
- constant social media posting
- customer orders replacing your creative time
- inventory or shipping
But you also know you have knowledge and experience that could help others.
What most quilters don’t realize is… there’s a path in between hobby and full business.
There’s a part of the quilting world many people never consider.
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Across the country, quilt guilds, sewing groups, and shops meet every month.
And every single one of them needs programming.
They need:
- speakers
- workshop leaders
- teachers who can guide a creative day
This is the Workshop Teacher role.
You’re not finding customers one by one.
You’re serving communities that already exist.
And for many makers, it becomes one of the simplest and most flexible income streams in the industry.
But most people never explore it… because they don’t know what it actually involves.
FREE GUIDE
That’s why I created
The Workshop Teacher Blueprint
This free guide walks you through the real picture — not the intimidating one most people imagine.
Inside You'll Learn:
- What workshop teachers actually do (it’s not standing and lecturing all day)
- Why you don’t need to be a quilting celebrity or expert
- Where teachers find groups to teach (and why they’re actively looking)
- How income from workshops is different from selling quilts or products
- What a real teaching day feels like from start to finish
- Whether this path could realistically fit your life
You don’t have to be sure you want to teach.
Many people download this simply because they’re curious — and end up relieved to finally understand an option they didn’t know existed.
Even if you never pursue it, you’ll see the quilting world a little differently afterward.
Curious if this could fit you?
Download the Workshop Teacher Blueprint and take 10–15 minutes to read through it.
You’ll walk away knowing:
"YES-this makes sense for me"
or
"NO-not for me"
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Either answer is helpful.
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We’ll also send a few helpful follow-up emails explaining how teachers get started. You can unsubscribe anytime.
This guide is based on real workshop teaching experience & the same framework used to prepare makers to confidently lead classes & workshops.Â
It’s simply meant to show you what’s possible — so you can decide if it’s something you want to explore.
Who would want to learn from me? I didn't think I had enough knowledge or the ability to answer questions confidently. But this gave me a solid foundation not to let fear hold me back.
-Trisha C.
The program gave me the knowledge, confidence, and skills to successfully start my teaching business which has been a HUGE success.
-Kristie N.
I now have the flexibility to create my own schedule and meet amazing people and generate extra income for my family. Shannon's guidance gave me all the tools I needed to confidently call myself a teacher.
-Ora H.
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I'm Shannon Brinkley
Shannon Brinkley is an International Quilt Speaker and Teacher, author, and creator of Scrappy Applique, Color Confidence for Quilters, Portrait Quilting, and Imbue. She has taught thousands of quilters all over the world, and trains aspiring teachers on her structures and methodologies for coming up with unique topics, filling your calendar, and delivering fun and inspiring programs and workshops, that leave your students inspired, excited, and ready to tell all of their friends.
