Welcome to Blue Island Quilts, your online source for unusual fabrics, unique gifts and quality quilting and design classes.  Our retail shop (which was located in Santa Barbara for eleven years) has morphed into an online store so that we can offer all of our customers, no matter where they are located, the finest in fabrics and gifts.  We search for unique designs, unusual color schemes, and the best from around the world in order to bring you a great selection.  Check our website frequently – new items are being added on a daily basis!  We offer:   Unusual Fabrics High quality fabrics for your special quilts Specially selected fabrics with unique designs International fabrics Unique Gifts Handbags Ceramics   Scarves   Special Gifts from around the world Quilting and Design Classes At the Quilt Academy we have classes for everyone from beginners to advanced sewers. Our classes are unique in that we concentrate on teaching skills that will enable our students to grow and become more confident and creative. We offer quality instruction with small class size, so that our students receive practical information, inspiration and help in a focused and personalized learning environment Our teaching goals are to inspire quilters: to become independent and make decisions for themselves, to be comfortable utilizing techniques and tools to achieve desired results, to be able to create their own designs when desired, and to explore the boundaries of the quilt art form.