About Quilt
I built Quilt because my family needed it.
I'm Craig, a working dad. I have a son and a daughter, and they are with me half the time. They are everything to me.
Why I built it
Half the time means the week has two halves, two houses, two sets of cleats. The hardest part was never the big decisions. It was the Tuesday questions: when is the switch, who has the cleats, did the other home see that the dentist got moved.
The app we were told to use felt like a courtroom. Every time I opened it I felt like I was in a deposition. My kids never looked at it.
My son wouldn't ask when he was going to the other house. He would just stay quiet until I got him talking about it. So I put it on his iPad, where he can see the switch coming and understand it for himself.
That was the start. A calendar my kids could read by themselves, on their own screens and in the kitchen, with the record kept quietly underneath for the days a family needs one. I spent a year building the thing I wanted, and we use it every day.
What it is in our house
Not a feature list. This is what is actually on ours.
- Cheer
My daughter’s whole cheer schedule is on her calendar.
- Hot lunch
A note on the day. Nobody has to remember it.
- Homework
It comes in from the school’s calendar and lands on her days.
- Chores
Theirs to tick off, with stars they earn for doing them.
- The counter
An Echo Show in the kitchen shows the week to anyone walking by.
- His iPad
My son sees when the switch is coming, without having to ask.
And on the hard days
Two homes is not always easy, and ours has had its hard stretches. That is when I need Quilt most, because it keeps things calm, in one place, and on the record.
Messages stay in the app.
One thread, timestamped, nothing lost in a text chain. If a draft reads heated, Quilt offers a calmer version before it goes.
Expenses, handled like business.
Snap the receipt, set the split, send it. Each line is approved or answered, and the balance is plain to both of us.
The schedule, where we can both see it.
Whose days are whose, on a calendar instead of in an argument. A change is asked for, answered, and lands on both calendars.
Birthdays
Game day
Pickup
“Some weeks end at the school bell. No goodbye at the curb, no last wave. A good week just stops at 3 and the house goes quiet. It still counted.”
What I believe
- 01
Kids shouldn’t have to ask when the switch is.
Some kids won’t ask at all. They should be able to look.
- 02
Two homes is still one family’s week.
Quilt is built for two parents who both show up, not for keeping score.
- 03
One home deserves it too.
That is why Quilt is free for families under one roof.
Why I'm still doing this
Because I love it, and because my own family runs on it every day. If something got in your way, or there is something you wish Quilt did, tell me. I read every email and I'm open to changing things.