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Not trying to be a skite or a killjoy but we designed a tool very similar to this as part of a research project (for a usability project mind you) as part of a thesis back in 2003. We primarily targeted Microsoft Windows XP Tablet edition at the time, which is now arguably a dying breed. We found quilting wasn't a large area of interest but still, I'd be interested to see how it goes...

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I've learned not to underestimate the crafting community. I was astonished when I saw what Ravelry (https://www.ravelry.com) grew into. It certainly casts a wider net than a specialized quilting website, but if even a small fraction of the 2 million worldwide members of Ravelry (as of 2.29.2012) found this interesting, one would have an impressive userbase. I've forwarded the project on to my mother :)

Thanks for the encouragement. Ravelry for sure has been amazing. I thought I'd clarify though that the tool we're building is for quilting, though we hope later versions will work for other sewing. The community site that is tied to it is for all sewing though, not just quilting. So basically while Ravelry covers fiber based craft, we cover fabric based craft.

Thanks for the feedback. With the advances in browser technologies as well as the growing strength of the modern quilting movement we're hoping there is a strong interest in that segment. Time will of course tell and we're excited to see what can be done in a cross platform way.

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