How to Teach a Craft Class with Ashley Nickels

Ashley Nickels

inspire and educate others.

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  • 29 video lessons
  • 7 hours and 55 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
  • 100% satisfaction guarantee

Teaching opens you up to a whole new revenue stream and lets you connect with people who are passionate about what you do. Learn how you can use your existing skills at the front of a creative classroom in How to Teach a Craft Class with Ashley Nickels. Ashley is a life-long quilter and multi-discipline creative educator. In this class, she’ll show you how to prepare to teach a craft class and offer plenty of insights on making it fun for everyone involved. You’ll learn:

  • A variety of teaching styles for the full range of teacher personality types
  • How to plan lessons, set objectives, and manage student expectations 
  • Classroom prep tips that help you feel fully prepared 
  • Techniques for dealing with tricky situations 

Ashley will share insights from her years as an educator and help you feel confident before your first (or next) class. She’ll reveal her favorite classroom management techniques and teach you how to deal with difficult personalities. You’ll learn ways to engage and inspire everyone – from advanced learners to beginning students. Teaching is not easy, but it can be incredibly rewarding both personally and financially. How to Teach a Craft Class will demystify the magic behind a good craft class and help you make your dreams of educating and inspiring others a reality.

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Course Instructor

Ashley Nickels

Ashley Nickels

Ashley Nickels is a quilter, crafter, and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. She grew up surrounded by quilters—making her first nine-patch at age eight—and was designing handbags by high school.

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  • Cathy H. Jun 11, 2025

    Wow , this is an amazing class, I learned so much!!!!

  • H. Aug 6, 2018

    Love this class. From planning to everything in between is cover. It was also helpful to have the hot seat of the live audience and learn from them.

  • L. Aug 2, 2017

    This was a very good class, well prepared and packed with such useful information! I've been teaching various arts and craft classes for over 10 years now and did it sort of instinctively. Ashley gave me the tools I needed to refine my classes and prepare really good classes outlines and how to find venues to teach and pitch my classes. That was awesome and I plan to watch it again and again because there is so much in it! This was a first class presentation! Thank you Ashley! Claude Aimée Villeneuve, Visual artist and teacher

  • U. Nov 5, 2015

    I'm not even half way thru the online videos and want to recommend this class to anyone who just needs that extra boost to start their own classes! I like the fact that Ashley suggests that we think from a student perspective to help us to better plan. This class covers many things I have heard before BUT in greater detail. When I hear the 'WHY' of doing things, I'm more likely to follow thru. These videos explain many 'WHYs' (There are many informative sites/classes for this topic but not many people give you 'this is WHY' it should be done this way) Ashley gives the "WHY' and the 'HOW to'. If you want to teach and are mostly ready to teach, take this class and all the gaps will be filled in and you will be ready to go forth and teach your craft!

  • Kym M. Sep 4, 2015

    Thank you to Ashley Nickels, the members of the CreativeLive studio audience, online audience, the Pitch Panel and CreativeLive staff for this great class. I found there was so much valuable content in "How to Teach a Craft Class", particularly for crafters and makers. Ashley's experience, as both a crafter and teacher, shone through - from her presentation of the class to her encouragement of questions and feedback from the audience. I have previous experience teaching kids, tweens, teens and adults in various industries and disciplines, including crafts. This class has given me more tools to use when deciding what I am going to teach, in approaching potential venues, planning my craft classes and presenting these classes.

  • Barbara S. Sep 3, 2015

    Great class -- watched live (most of it) and purchased for ongoing review. I've taught many things, including some crafts (decorating gourds, collage, making your own tarot-collages) but I gained new insights, ideas and confidence from Ashley's advice, the students questions and input, and the panel! I recommend this for anyone who wants to teach a class -- craft oriented, personal development, or anything else!

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