Crazy Quilting in Key West – Bunny Island Key West

Last Saturday I taught an Embellished Crazy Tote class at our local quilt store, the Seam Shoppe on Truman Ave in Key West.

Here are a couple of samples in the store.

I love teaching this class. It’s fast, fun and you get to leave with a finished product.

Or an almost finished product.

Cory was just about at the finish line when class ended. I expect to see her sashaying around town with this sometime soon.

Here’s another.

Check out this truly eccentric handmade cotton print – the one on top.

Students choose two colors including a piece of Dupioni silk for the front right right corner and I choose all the rest. Sometimes – especially with the more particular – they choose a second fabric – but that’s where I draw the line because the whole point of the class is to work with fabrics and colors/design out of your own comfort zone.

Here’s an example.

We had some of the finest designers in key west – Jean who is the go to girl in Key West for all things sewing. She teaches many classes at the Seam Shoppe.

I get to choose fabrics from the Seam Shoppe here in Key West. They are known for quality upholstery work and a wide selection of quilters fabrics specialty tropical colors and motifs. Click here for Seam Shoppe Class Calendar.

Here are some of the more unusual fabrics I like to add. Japanese silk and African polished cotton.

Assorted nonsense.

I added my favorite thread to the mix. Shimmer & metallic.

And some embroidery thread for color contrast & ease of use.

Seam Shoppe has wonderful embellishment, ribbons . . .

Buttons, closures . .

Here’s a truly international tote in the making. Mary’s tote-in-the-works includes European silk brocade, American cotton, Japanese cotton, Chinese silk brocade, Dupioni silk and a strange upholstery strip of mixed provenance!