Elizbeth Gilberts Mermaid Pillow Needlepoint Kit. For this kit the NHA has Partnered With Elizabeth Gilbert to adapt the original needlepoint pillow design to coordinate with the 2025 exhibit Behind the Seams: Clothing and textiles on nantucket.
Each kit includes a handpainted canvas, plenty of yarn, needle and instructions.
The Original Pillow is part of the NHA's permanent collection and displayed at the Thomas Macy House, 99 main st, where the proporty and its cvontents were donated to the NHA.
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.
