Welcome

Betty Alofs
Welcome

Welcome to my web site's home page.  Here you will find links to my patterns and book, new designers patterns, a gallery of my work, links to some of my other favorite sites and much more. 

I invite you to check out my schedule of classes and lectures, where I will be and when.  I look forward to meeting many new friends through my teaching for shops and providiing programs and workshops for guilds. 

Please feel free to contact me for more information on classes, lectures, workshops and my availability.  I also invite shop owners to inquire about purchasing my patterns for their shop.

Quilt University

I am pleased to be a member of the faculty of Quilt Unversity. Taking an online class is a great way to learn without leaving the privacy of your own home. Taking the class in the morning before work, evening after work, or just early on a stay-at-home morning still in your PJ's is great fun. Check out www.quiltuniversity.com and see what they have to offer.

New Book!
 
My new book "Quilt Your Favorite Photos" was favorably reviewed in the latest issue of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine in the book review section. I have been teaching from the book at local quilt shops, and am looking forward to some travel to teach it in other places.

News

I was thrilled and honored to have been asked to participate in the Empty Spools Seminar at Pacific Grove (Asilomar Conference Grounds) as Artist in Residence this past year. What a great experience it was! If you have never attended this seminar series, you are in for such a treat. The surroundings, the ocean, the critters (deer, otters, yes and even the raccoons) are charming and the place is restful and soothing. The sea air and sounds of the ocean will lull you to sleep at night, and the seminar activities will excite and please you throughout the series. Check out www.emptyspoolsseminars.com and see what its all about.

New Link

A new link has been added to my links page. It is called Pink Cures, and is the brain child of my niece Tara (14 yr old) in Maryland. She was moved by the cancer fight of her friend's mother, and decided to do something to help. She and her mother Kris have created their own web site where they make and sell jewelry and other items, with 100% of the profits going directly to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Check out her site and see what you can do to help.

Beginning Blogging 101

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I am in the learning stage, try not to laugh too hard.