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      Elizabeth C. Gorski is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University. A three-time winner of Simon & Schuster's Margaret Award, Ms. Gorski has authored more than 1000 crossword puzzles for newspapers, magazines, books and private clients.  
           In 2006,  she completed the first and only Sunday puzzle Grand Slam.*   Her New York Times Sunday puzzle, "High Definition," is featured as one of "Five Unforgettable Puzzles" in Wordplay -- Patrick Creadon's 2006 documentary.  When she is not playing the viola, she's jamming on the blues guitar. 

 

 

Stitching Magazine Publications:
 
~ "Buttercream Frosting"  sampler and desginer profile:   May 2007,  The Gift of Stitching.
 
~ "Windows of Joy" ornament:  December 2007, The Gift of Stitching 
 
~ "International Welcome Sampler" and decorative pillow:  March 2008, The Gift of Stitching
 
~ "A Stitching Room of One's Own"  and designer profile, "From Crosswords to Cross Stitch,"  May/June 2008, Just CrossStitch
 
 
 
She has written puzzles for the following publications and clients:

The New York Times                                                       Simon & Schuster Books
New York Times  On-Line Celebrity Puzzle                 Allure Magazine
          (collaboration with Martha Stewart)                  Barnes & Noble Books
Games Magazine                                                              Attache Travel Magazine
USA Today                                                                        The Brentano String Quartet
The Washington Post                                                       The Wall Street Journal
Random House Books                                                      Los Angeles Times Syndicate                                
Chronicle of Higher Education                                        New York Newsday
Will Shortz's Favorite Crossword Puzzles                     St. Martin's Press
     (from the pages of The New York Times)              Women's Wear Daily
The New York Viola Society                                           The Crosswords Club
The Uptown Crosswords Club                                       The New York Sun
                                                    
 *The Grand Slam  markets are The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,The Washington Post and L.A. Times Syndicate.
 
Elizabeth Gorski writes:

"It was written in the stars that I should stitch.  My mother is my strongest influence. A seamstress by profession, Mom is a superb needlewoman with an unwavering can-do attitude. I grew up watching her sew, embroider, crochet, tat and knit. She grew up on a farm in Poland and, as a young woman, travelled the world. Her free-style stitching was influenced by the needlework she admired during her travels.

My parents met and married in England, eventually settling in the United States. Mom made her own wardrobe and, during lean years, even my father's suits. It amazes me that, even with a full-time job and kids to raise, she always managed to decorate our home with her beautiful stitchery.

In 2005, I established Primrose Needleworks. I enjoy translating classic puzzles and wordplay into stitched artwork -- where color and texture provide new dimensions of expression. Over these past few years I've corresponded with stitchers, designers and store owners who have become new friends. I appreciate your good wishes as we celebrate the art of needlework.