Who’s Who in Pieced Together - Sue Green

Sue Green grew up in Arcadia California, near Pasadena. She went to UC Santa Barbara for her undergraduate studies, history and art history and English and then UCLA for a teaching credential. She met her husband, Dudley, in junior high school. They began dating in High School as Sophomores and went to the Explorer’s Ball together and married in 1968. They moved to the Bay Area – Burlingame – and now live in Fremont. Married 43 years, they have two boys.  They had their first granddaughter, Ellery in June. So Sue now has a girl! All the Green’s have boys.

Sue’s younger son is getting married on June 16^th at Champaign Illinois. He is finishing his doctorate in Regional Planning and Urban Development at the University of Illinois.

She began quilting in 1972 – finishing a Sunbonnet Sue quilt in lavender and cream for her sister!  She took some classes off and on, but didn’t really get into it until she began with Kathy Honeycutt around 1995.  Sue never took the Baby Beginner and regrets she didn’t get back to take the class with Kathy.  She was finally able to really quilt after she retired. Sue estimates she has made spent a good ten years sewing, doing needlepoint, cross-stitch, crewel work, hand embroidery and any other thing that she can do with her hands.  Other than needlecrafts, Sue loves to read, garden, cook and canoe.

Because she substituted for Kathy’s class, it was a natural transition to move to Pieced Together Quilters. Most of Tuesday evening class at San Lorenzo Adult School came to Pieced Together Quilters a semester after Kathy passed.

A little know fact about Sue is when she was at UCLA, the son of the landlord invited all of the ladies in the house to a political fundraiser at Paul Newman’s home. Mr. Newman was not at home, but she did see pictures of all the family. A funny encounter, she almost knocked Walter Mathau down as they rounded a corner. Mr. Mathau was very gracious and apologized to her.

Sue taught 6^th grade for 28 years, mostly in San Mateo and Fremont. You should hear the stories. Our sweet Sue loved teaching and she still speaks calmly, as a good teacher always does.