NEW!   2007 Class listing has been updated.

 Go to The Green Spiral link to find out about our wonderful hand-made herbal products.  New herbal stuff added on 15 Jan 2007.

Welcome to the world of crazy quilting and embellishment.  Betty Pillsbury is an award winning textile artist and accomplished instructor.  Betty has appeared on HGTV's "Simply Quilts" and PBS's "Quilting Nebraska". 

 Betty has been growing and using herbs for more than 25 years. Now that she and her husband, Dan, have settled in the northern Catskills, they have the opportunity to focus more attention on the herb business. In addition to their hand-made herbal products and the ever expanding herb gardens (over 250 herbs and counting!), classes on herbs will be featured this year.  Go to The Green Spiral link and the Classes link to find out more about our herbal stuff. Learning and laughter are delivered in equal measures in Betty's classes.  Come learn to embellish your world - and have a grand time while you do.

Contact Betty to get information about private embroidery or crazy quilting lessons.

NEWS:  Betty participated in the FiberArt for a Cause fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.  She made 3 postcards that were sold at the Houston Quilt show.  Betty also was consulted as the herb garden designer for the DAR house in Schoharie, NY.  The Albany Times-Union featured an article on Betty and Dan's herb garden in the summer of 2006.  Betty will be presenting an Herbal Study Program at her gardens in 2007, in addition to other herbal and crazy quilt classes.  The herb gardens will be expanding yet again in 2007, with 24 more raised beds. 

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"Homage to Ardelia" has been invited to exhibit in the Vermont Quilt Festival's special exhibit, "Historymakers - Stars from the VQF Contest Archives".  The show dates are June 29 - July 2,  2006.   www.vqf.org                                                                                                                             

Betty participated in "All That Jazz", a hurricane Katrina relief effort.  Go to www.inaminuteago.com and click on the "All That Jazz" link.  Crazy quilters from Australia and the United States were invited to participate in a fund raiser.  Participants created a crazy quilt block and the quilt will be assembled and raffled on eBay.

Nancy Eha invited Betty to collaborate on a crazy quilt project for Nancy's forthcoming book on beading for crazy quilts.  It's a stunning cooperation between two artists. 

Betty's quilt, "Homage to Ardelia", has had a very successful 2004.  Her crazy quilt was awarded a Judge's Choice Merit Award for Best Traditional Quilt at the Threads of America quilt show in Pigeon Forge, TN, Mar 2004.  This quilt also won a second place at Road to California quilt show, Jan 2004.  It was awarded a third at Quilters' Heritage Celebration in Lancaster, PA, in April, and also a third at the National Quilting Association in June.  During July it was awarded a special ribbon for Best Needlework at the Vermont Quilt Festival.  An Honorable Mention was awarded at Quilt Odyssey.  Go to the Gallery page to see this gorgeous crazy quilt!  Also, Betty's crazy quilt, "Perchance", won Viewer's Choice at the Great Catskill Quilt Show. 

Alex Anderson and Betty Pillsbury on the set of "Simply Quilts".

ISBN: 1-56496-983-5