In this 60-minute online class, you’ll receive step-by-step instruction to confidently create a wearable Carling Loves Cats Quilt Coat that is uniquely yours: beautiful, meaningful, and full of heirloom charm
Please note: This course does not include a Carling Loves Cats Quilt Coat Pattern, which must be purchased separately. When purchased with any of the Carling Loves Cats Quilt Coat Patterns, you’ll receive 25% off the pattern—available as the digital PDF or the professionally printed edition with full-color covers, detailed instructions, and three full-size 33" x 47" template sheets. This course is compatible with any of the Carling Loves Cats Quilt Coat Patterns, making it easy to create a quilt coat that is uniquely yours.
Course Description
Join Carling Mabry—an aerospace engineer turned quilt coat designer and creator of the bestselling Carling Loves Cats Quilt Coat Pattern—for 60 minutes of step-by-step instruction to confidently create a wearable quilt coat that is uniquely yours: beautiful, meaningful, and full of heirloom charm. With more than 20 years of experience in aerospace engineering on NASA’s Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs, Carling brings a unique perspective on design, structure, and creativity.
The course is broken down into six manageable lessons, with a total of approximately one hour of videos, each building on the last so you can progress confidently from materials preparation to a fully finished, wearable quilt coat that is uniquely yours.
Enrollment includes six fully online lessons that you can complete at your own pace, with lifetime access. Purchase either the original Carling Loves Cats Quilt Coat Pattern or the new 2025 version and receive a 25% discount—available for the digital PDF or the professionally printed edition with full-color covers, detailed instructions, and three full-size 33" x 47" template sheets.
Transform a quilt into a one-of-a-kind Carling Loves Cats Quilt Coat with clear, step-by-step instruction. Whether you’re starting with a vintage quilt, a finished quilt, store-bought fabric and batting, or a collection of orphan quilt tops, this course takes you through every stage of the process. You’ll learn how to restore and prepare quilt tops, design your coat layout, quilt your panels, and cut, assemble, and finish your coat. Techniques for both domestic and longarm quilting are included so you can adapt the process to your tools and preferences.
Across six lessons, you’ll build your skills step by step—making bias binding, cutting precise pattern pieces, constructing and attaching a hood or collar, binding pockets, and assembling your coat using the Quilt-As-You-Go method. Each lesson builds on the last, giving you the confidence to complete a fully reversible quilt coat that is as beautiful as it is functional—uniquely yours and full of personal meaning.
