Aqua Flower hand-embroidered pillow by Elizabeth Gilbert
About the Artist
Elizabeth Gilbert earned her teacher’s certification in canvas work and crewel embroidery at the Valentine Museum in Richmond, Virginia, and her teacher’s certification in Advanced Professional Studies in the Textile Arts at the American Institute of Textile Arts at Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She owned and operated a retail needlework business, The Crafts Centre, in Nantucket for nearly thirty years. She continues to be a designer, teacher, lecturer, and consultant, and her work is in collections nationwide.