Quilt

What Quilt does

Quilt, doing business as "Quilt around the World Webshop," is a small private e-commerce retailer based in München (Munich), Germany, that sells quilting fabrics and related craft supplies to quilting hobbyists (QuilterInnen) in German-speaking markets. The company operates a single direct-to-consumer channel via its webshop at shop.quilt-around-the-world.com and has an estimated 11–50 employees. Its business model is straightforward online retail of niche textile-arts merchandise, with no disclosed pricing, no subscription or recurring-revenue component, and no enterprise or B2B segment indicated.

Operationally, the storefront is currently offline — the website displays a German-language maintenance notice ("Leider ist unsere Webseite im Augenblick geschlossen / Kurze technische Pause bei Quilt around the World") directing customers to email [email protected] and stating the site will return. There is no disclosure of the underlying e-commerce platform technology beyond URL hints of an ePages storefront, no proprietary technology, no partnerships, no funding history, no leadership team details, no certifications, and no awards or recognitions on record. The customer base is a single persona — hobbyist quilters — with a horizontal segmentation approach and no named anchor customers.

Revenue, ownership, founding date, and financial structure are not publicly disclosed. The available firmographic and operational footprint indicates a micro-scale niche DTC retailer whose current operating status is uncertain pending the resolution of its website maintenance closure.

Name

Quilt

Website

https://quilt-around-the-world.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Quilt (Quilt around the World Webshop) is a Munich-based private e-commerce retailer selling quilting fabrics and craft supplies to hobbyist quilters in German-speaking markets via its own webshop, which is currently offline for technical maintenance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Quilting Supplies Retail

NAICS

Sewing, Needlework, and Piece Goods Retailers (459130)

akta.pro primary industry

Quilting & Patchwork Shops (CRALADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

General Fabric & Textile Stores (CRALADAA)

Keywords

• Quilting fabrics
• Patchwork supplies
• Textile arts
• Craft supplies
• Quilting webshop

Headquarters

HQ city

München

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Revenue model

1. E-commerce Product Sales: E-commerce retail sales of quilting supplies and fabrics through their German-language webshop.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Quilt operates an online webshop (Quilt around the World Webshop) that retails quilting fabrics, patchwork supplies, and related textile arts and craft products. The offering targets German-speaking quilters and craft enthusiasts, with the site currently closed for technical maintenance.

Product overview

Quilt around the World is a German online quilting fabric retailer operating a webshop at shop.quilt-around-the-world.com. The company appears to sell quilting-related fabrics and supplies to quilters. The webshop is currently closed for maintenance with no information available about its specific product offerings, modules, or service architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Quilt around the World Webshop An online German-language webshop retailing quilting fabrics, patchwork supplies, and related textile-arts/craft products for individual quilting hobbyists and crafters in German-speaking regions.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Regional players

• Sewandso: Sewandso is a UK-based online sewing and patchwork retailer serving British and European quilters with a curated e-commerce experience. Comparable as a regional sewing D2C webshop, differentiated primarily by geography (UK vs. DACH focus).

Emerging players

• Swafing: Swafing is a German fabric manufacturer and wholesaler with an attached retail webshop serving end consumers and small businesses. Comparable in product offering (quilting fabrics) and German-speaking customer reach, though primarily positioned as a B2B wholesaler.

Broad incumbents

• Hobbycraft: Hobbycraft is the UK's largest specialist arts and crafts retailer with both physical stores and a robust webshop. Comparable as a multi-channel hobby retail incumbent with overlapping quilting and fabric categories serving hobbyists in Europe.
• Etsy: Etsy operates a global marketplace for handmade and craft goods including fabrics and quilting supplies, with significant traffic from German-speaking customers. Comparable as an alternative purchase channel for the same quilter persona and product category.

Direct peers

• Butinette: Butinette is a France- and Germany-based online retailer of fabrics, sewing, and patchwork supplies serving European hobbyist crafters. Directly comparable to Quilt around the World as a D2C webshop selling piece goods and notions to European quilters and sewists.
• Patchwork Company: Patchwork Company is a German webshop specializing in patchwork fabrics, panels, and quilting supplies. It directly competes in the same DACH quilting niche with a similar e-commerce-only go-to-market approach.
• Stoffe.de: Stoffe.de is a German-language online fabric retailer offering a broad assortment of fabrics including patchwork and quilting textiles. Comparable in customer base (German-speaking sewists) and D2C e-commerce motion, although broader in category scope.
• Connecting Threads: Connecting Threads is a US quilting-focused D2C retailer selling fabrics, threads, and notions at scale via its own webshop. Comparable as a hobbyist-vertical pure-play e-commerce operator with similar curation and customer dynamics.
• Fat Quarter Shop: Fat Quarter Shop is a US-based online specialty retailer focused exclusively on quilting fabrics, precuts, and notions. Same niche (quilting), same D2C webshop motion, making it a directly comparable business model outside the German-speaking market.
• Stoff & Stil: Stoff & Stil is a Scandinavian/German fabric retailer operating across the DACH and Nordic regions with a webshop selling fabrics, patchwork materials, and sewing supplies. It directly overlaps Quilt's product assortment and German-speaking target market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quilt-around-the-world-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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