A note from the founders
— Dan & Stephanie
Facebook used to be useful. We learned how to quilt watching tutorials in groups, made friends across states, found shops we'd never have heard of. Then it changed.
The feed got rearranged so we'd scroll longer. Ads showed up in every other post. Suggestions nagged us about people we didn't want to know. Marketplace filled with cheap, anonymous imports. Our data got sold to companies we'd never heard of. The platform stopped being for us — it was extracting value from us.
We're building QuiltMap as the antidote.
How we make money
Membership-supported. Shops pay for premium listings. We'll occasionally point you toward products we actually use. That's how we keep the lights on. No display ads, no boosted posts, no behavioral remarketing, no selling your data — ever.
What you won't see here
- An algorithmic feed deciding what you see
- Ads, especially the cheap import junk that floods Marketplace
- "People you may know" mining your contacts
- Stories, engagement-bait emails, real-name policies
- Marketplace, dating, gaming surfaces — we do textile community, period
What's coming
Groups, direct messages, friends, and project posts that follow a quilt from sketch to binding. We're starting with quilters because that's our world. Sewing, knitting, embroidery, and every adjacent fiber craft are right behind.
A member, not a metric.
A community, not a commodity.
— Dan & Stephanie, founders of QuiltMap