I’ve written guides on sewing and embroidery, and quilting is where both skills meet. You piece fabric together the way you would for any sewing project, then stitch through three layers, top, batting, and backing, to hold it all together. Done well, it turns leftover fabric and a bit of patience into a beautiful blanket that lasts. I looked at courses that teach quilting as a repeatable process rather than a one-off project: how to cut accurately, piece a block so your seams line up, and fini

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This afternoon, Coursera reports its first quarterly earnings since the Udemy deal closed. Yesterday, it announced a $100 million investment in LearnVector, a new AI learning company founded by Andrew Ng. LearnVector’s domain was registered exactly one month ago and somehow it’s worth $300M? It’s a single page website with five open roles in Mountain View, and a promise of a first product in early 2027. Its founder is the co-founder of Coursera and the chairman of its board. If my reading of t