Bethanne's Award-Winning Show Quilts
This is my second classic wholecloth quilt. It was inspired by a combination of an Art Nouveau drawing of a peacock as well as by a henna peacock tattoo and the rich sari fabrics of India. The design is completely original, with the peacocks drawn to resemble the paisleys that inspired them. The unique edge treatment is a flange of fabric, hand stuffed with beads that were individually tied off layered with miniature quilted tabs.
Awards
Best of Show, Machine Quilters Showcase, 2016
Outstanding Traditional Quilt, Road to California Quilt Show, 2016
First Place, AQS Quilt Week Lancaster, Longarm Machine Quilted Wall Quilt, 2016
First Place, AQS Quilt Week Paducah, Small Longarm Wall Quilt, 2016
First Place, Houston International Quilt Festival, Merit Quilting, 2015
First Place, Quilt Odyssey, Wall Quit - Other, 2015
First Place, Minnesota Quilter's Quilt Show, Other Techniques, 2015
First Place, Home Machine Quilting Show, Traditional Whole Cloth, 2015
First Place, Machine Quilters Exposition East, Large Wholecloth, 2015
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This is the third in a series of silk dupioni quilts done in my pictographic quilting style. I love everything about a Pennsylvania fall ... the colors, the smells, the harvest and all the busy critters. With this quilt, I tried to capture that feeling using all original hand drawn motifs that are free-motion quilted. The beaded details are tiny applique tubes individually stuffed with beads and hand tied off. The center medallion and binding feature handmade beaded piping. Derwent Inktese pencils were used on parts of the quilt to create shading.
Awards
National Quilting Association Masterpiece Quilt, 2015
Best of Show, AQS Quilt Week Des Moines, 2015
Best of Show, Medium Size, National Quilting Association Quilt Show, 2015
Best of Show, Machine Quilters Showcase, 2015
Best of Show, First Place in Reflection of Theme and Viewer's Choice, A Quilters Gathering, 2014
Best Longarm Machine Quilting, AQS Quilt Week Chattanooga, 2015
Best Wall Quilt, AQS Quilt Week Grand Rapids, 2015
Best Wall Longarm Machine Workmanship, AQS Quilt Week Paducah, 2015
Best Wall Quilt, AQS Quilt Week Lancaster, 2015
Best Machine Quilting (Longarm) and First Place in Solo Artist, Machine Quilters Exposition Midwest, 2014
First Place, AQS Quilt Week Daytona Beach, Longarm Machine Quilted Wall Quilt, 2016
First Place, Pictorial, National Quilting Association Quilt Show, 2015
Best Pictorial Quilt, Traditional, Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2014
Second Place, AQS Quilt Week Phoenix, Wall Quilt, 2016
Second Place, AQS Quilt Week Syracuse, Wall Quilt, 2015
Second Place, Road to California Quilt Show, Traditional Wall Pieced, 2015
Third Place, Home Machine Quilting Show, Art-Innovative, 2016
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This is my first classic wholecloth quilt. I designed the interlocking poppies to be reminiscent of the Art Nouveau style and completed the quilt with classic quilting motifs. The edge is finished with a handmade beading piping. It is 40' square and made with silk radiance fabric.
Awards
Best Wall Quilt, Quiltfest Destination Savannah, 2015
Best Machine Quilting (Longarm) and Second Place in Other Techniques, Minnesota Quilters Quilt Show, 2014
First Place, Quilt Odyssey, Wall Quilts: Mixed and Other Techniques, 2014
Second Place, Northwest Quilting Expo, Freehand Machine Quilting, 2015
Second Place, National Quilting Association Quilt Show, Other Quilt, 2015
Second Place, Machine Quilters Showcase, Whole Cloth, 2015
Second Place, Machine Quilters Exposition Midwest, Small Wholecloth, 2014
Judge's Choice, Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2014
Judge’s Choice, Home Machine Quilting Show, 2014
Honorable Mention, Road to California Quilt Show, Traditional Wall Other, 2015
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This quilt is the second in a series of pictographic silk dupioni quilts. It was inspired by a perfect summer day at the beach with my children, pictured in the center. The dark points of color represent the pocket full of polished stones that always seem to make it home from these trips. All the imagery was free drawn and free motion quilted using my own photography, primarily from various aquarium and snorkeling trips. The feather setting motif was designed based on an actual cross section of a nautilus. This pictured quilt is actually the reproduction of the original, painstakingly recreated after the first one was destroyed in an accident on the eve of shipping it to it's first quilt show. In the end I am much happier with the second one.
Awards
Best of Show, First Place in Quilting Excellence Machine and First Place in Overall Craftsmanship, A Quilters Gathering, 2013
Best of Show, Machine Quilters Exposition West, 2013
Viewer's Choice, Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, 2015
First Place, National Quilting Association Quilt Show, Medium Pieced Quilt, 2015
First Place, AQS Quilt Week Chattanooga, Traditional Wall Quilt, 2014
First Place / Blue Ribbon, Vermont Quilt Festival, 2014
First Place, Home Machine Quilting Show, Wall Hanging, 2014
First Place, Machine Quilters Showcase, Art Quilt, 2014
First Place, Road to California Quilt Show, Traditional Wall Quilt, 2014
First Place, Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Traditional, 2013
First Place, Quilt Odyssey, Wall Quilts: Mainly Pieced, 2013
Third Place, AQS Quilt Week Albuquerque, Longarm Wall Quilt, 2015
Third Place, AQS Quilt Week, Lancaster, Longarm Wall Quilt 2014
Honorable Mention, Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Pieced Quilt, 2015
Honorable Mention, AQS Quilt Week, Des Moines, Machine Quilted Wall 2014
Honorable Mention, AQS Quilt Week, Grand Rapids, Machine Quilted Wall 2014
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This silk dupioni quilt is an original design inspired by my love of wholecloth quilting, Asian silk embroidery and antique botanical prints. All the flora and fauna was free drawn on the quilt with chalk and refined with wash out pen before quilting. The design elements can be recognized in my garden photography, as well as images from gardening catalogues and Dover design books.
Awards
New England Quilt Museum, Curated Special Exhibit: "Silk!", April - July 2013
First Place, AQS Quilt Week Phoenix, Wall Quilt, 2014
First Place, Lowell Quilt Festival (Images), Wall Pieced, 2013
First Place / Blue Ribbon with a special award for "Best Use of Complementary Color", Vermont Quilt Festival, 2012
First Place, Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Traditional, 2012
First Place, Home Machine Quilting Show, Wall Hanging, 2012
Second Place, Georgia Quilt Show, Small Wall Quilt, 2013
Second Place, Quilt Odyssey, Wall Quilts: Pieced, 2012
Third Place, Machine Quilters Exposition East, Solo Artist, 2012
Co-Directors' Award, A Quilter's Gathering, 2012
Honorable Mention, AQS Quilt Week Paducah, Small Wall Quilts 1st Entry, 2014
Honorable Mention, Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Pieced Wall Hanging 2012
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This quilt was made by the members of the Crazy Quilter's Quilt Guild in Allentown, PA for their 2013 - 2014 raffle. The design was adapted from the pattern "Reaching Out" by Edyta Sitar. After I adapted the design, 15 members of the guild worked for 6 months to complete the piecing, then I quilted it with full custom quilting.
Awards
Second Place, Machine Quilters Exposition East, Quilts Among Friends, 2014
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Star of Millie's Garden (2011)
This quilt was made by the members of the Crazy Quilter's Quilt Guild in Allentown, PA for their 2011 - 2012 raffle. The design was adapted from the pattern "Aunt Millie's Garden" by Piece o' Cake designs. After I adapted the design, 17 members of the guild worked for 6 months to complete the appliqué and piecing, then I quilted it with full custom quilting.
Awards
Second Place, Machine Quilters Exposition East, Quilts Among Friends, 2012
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