Betty Pillsbury - Crazy Quilts & Embroidery and Green Spiral Herbs
bpills@midtel.net
Welcome to my world of fantasy wrought with needle and thread. I'm an award-winning textile artist and instructor specializing in crazy quilts and all the hand work that goes into creating them.
My Art
Offering a selection of classes on crazy quilting, beading, embroidery, silk ribbon and more. Lots of laughter in a relaxed setting while you learn more than you thought possible!
Apr 4-5, 2013, Evening Star Quilt Guild, Mineola, NY.
April 5-6, 2013. Eastern Long Island Quilt Guild.
www.ELIQG.com/eliqg-workshops
April 19, 2013, Middleburgh, NY. Crazy Quilt Piecing, by hand. 10-3. Email me to register.
April 20, 2013. Drink to Your Good Health, Middleburgh, NY. 12-3. Email me to register.
May 6-7, 2013, Constellation Chapter of EGA, Baltimore, MD.
May 13, 2013. Sharon Springs, NY. Lecture for Century Club.
June 1, 2013, Sharon Springs, NY. Feast of Forage. Foraging wild plants and speaking.
June 2, 2013. Spring House Spa, Sharon Springs, NY. Noon. Drink to Your Good Health.
Saturday, June 15. 10-2. Middleburgh Library. Start of the Community Crazy Quilt.
Monday, July 15, Maplecrest, NY. Lecture for the Quilters' Hall of Fame.
Saturday, October 19, 2013, Warwick County Park, PA. Dream Pouches Workshop. http://rootsandwingsfallfest.blogspot.com/
November 3-4. Annapolis, MD. Lecture and workshop for the Annapolils Quilt Guild.
November 8-10. Oconomowoc, WI. Classes.
January 24-26, 2014. NOFA-NY Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY. Herbs for the Winter Blues.
March 6-8, 2014. Brownstone Quilters, NJ. Classes.
Some of my patterns are available on Craftsy Faux Pearls, Victorian Crazy Quilt Blocks and An Elder Gathering.
I keep a blog at www.GreenSpiralHerbs.blogspot.com There, I talk about herbs and crazy quilts.
Click to see my episode on Simply Quilts from 2001. First, you'll see a few minutes of Judith Montano, then the rest of the show is me!
Part 2 of the episode:
Go here to watch a You Tube video of me demonstrating how to end off embroidery threads. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z5uxvB1_eo
