Crazy for Christmas - Victorian Crazy Quilt Stockings with a Twist (A Two Day Class)
Saturday, November 22 - Sunday, November 23 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Why settle for boring store-bought stockings when you can stitch up a showpiece worthy of a Victorian parlor? In this class, we’ll dive into the art of Crazy Quilting—that gloriously over-the-top mashup of luxe fabrics, wild shapes, and “more-is-more” embellishments.
You’ll start with a vintage sewing pattern and build your stocking from an eclectic mix of fabrics (the fancier the better—think velvet, silk, brocade scraps). Then we’ll pile on the fun: beads, ribbons, buttons, trims, and yes—even a spin on the embroidery machine to whip up decadent stitches and motifs without cramping your hands.
What you’ll do:
• Piece together irregular shapes like a quilting rebel
• Raid your stash for fabrics that shouldn’t go together (but totally do)
• Embellish with bling, beads, and bows galore
• Use the embroidery machine for jaw-dropping details in half the time
• Create a stocking so fabulous it might outshine the tree.
Bring your sense of humor, your scrap bag, and your love of sparkle—because in crazy quilting, there are no mistakes, only masterpieces.
Skill Level: Beginner
Price: $45 plus supplies
Bring your favorite fabric scraps if you’ve got them—or just bring yourself and your festive spirit. Let’s make ornaments that look boutique, not “last-minute”.
Teacher: Tim Cardy
Tim Cardy: Lifelong fiber obsessive, unapologetic thread hoarder, and the mildly overqualified founder of a handmade empire built one stitch—and one questionable impulse buy—at a time
Tim has been tangled up in thread and fiber for over 50 years—and teaching for more than 30, from kitchen tables to institutions that should’ve known better. He has racked up ribbons in everything from felting to fashion design, built Victorian costumes that could legally qualify as architecture, and once made a doll so detailed it creeped people out (that was a win, by the way).
He has even earned two advanced degrees in Historical Fashion designs and late 19th- and early 20th-century decorative handcrafts—because when you go in - go all the way!
Tim’s résumé reads like a fiber arts fever dream: yarn mills, upholstery sourcing, fashion costing at Levi-Strauss, R&D at DuPont, and textile restoration work at the Met and the V&A. Basically, he’s done it all—except take up golf ( - who has the time to chase little balls around on a giant lawn? )
Tim take fiber seriously. But himself? Not even a little. Every yarn in the shop has been hand-picked, every vendor side-eyed for quality and ethics. Whether you’re nervously knitting your first garter stitch or hiding skeins in your laundry basket—he sees you. And he approves.