Working document
The bolt count reset checklist for an independent quilt shop
A shelf by shelf routine for getting your recorded yardage and your actual yardage to agree, and for keeping them that way.
Free resources
Working resources for running a quilt shop by the numbers
Everything here is built for one trade: an owner who cuts yardage all day, fills a classroom on weekends and orders from a rep three times a year.
These pages sit alongside Bolt and Counter, our magazine on the working economics of independent quilt retail. The magazine explains how the numbers behave. These resources give you the tools to run them on your own shop, whether that means comparing systems, pricing a yard honestly or getting your bolt wall counted before the tax year closes.
Nothing here needs an account and nothing collects your shop data. Use the comparisons when you are deciding what to run the counter on, the calculators when you are pricing or scheduling, and the checklist when it is time to reconcile what the records say with what is actually on the shelf.
Free tools
Free calculators for the cutting counter and the classroom
Two working tools for the two numbers that decide whether an independent quilt shop clears anything at the end of the month.
Comparisons
QuiltCounter compared with the systems quilt shops actually shop for
Most software sold to your shop counts pieces, and a bolt is not a piece, so the honest comparison starts with how each system treats a partial cut.
Main guide
Why does my bolt count on paper never match what is on the shelf at inventory time?
The pillar guide settles where quilt shop yardage actually goes missing and what counter routine stops each source of drift for good.
Magazine
Bolt and Counter
Reporting on the working economics, inventory craft and classroom side of running an independent quilt shop in the US.
About
Who writes all of this
Who writes Bolt and Counter, why the reporting sticks to bolt yardage, class kits and the buying cycle, and the shop floor experience behind the numbers on these pages.
Yours to use on your own wall
Read the comparisons, run the calculators, print the bolt count checklist and clip it to a board. None of it asks for an account and none of it wants your shop data. When you want to see the same yardage discipline running live, with class seats and kit recipes attached to the customer record, book a demo and bring your bolt list.