Awards, Exhibits and Publications

Awards

Inducted into National Quilting Association’s Masterpiece Quilt Guild, 2015

Master Award for Machine Artistry, Houston International Quilt Festival, 2016

Best of Show, Northwest Quilting Expo, 2019

Best of Show, Small, Minnesota Quilt Show, 2019

Best Standup Machine Quilting and First Place in Large Wall Quilts, Machine Quilters Exposition Midwest, 2016

Best of Show, AQS Quilt Week Des Moines, 2015, 2016

Best of Show, Machine Quilters Showcase, 2016

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 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

Exemplary Machine Quilting, Minnesota Quilt Show, 2019

Exemplary Machine Quilting, Indiana Heritage Quilt Festival, 2019

Best Longarm Machine Quilting, AQS Quilt Week Lancaster, 2017

Best Longarm Machine Quilting, AQS Quilt Week Daytona Beach, 2017

Best Machine Quilting, Shipshewana Quilt Festival, 2016

Outstanding Traditional Quilt, Road to California Quilt Show, 2016

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 Wall Quilt, Quiltfest Destination Savannah, 2015

Best Machine Quilting (Longarm) and First Place in Solo Artist, Machine Quilters Exposition Midwest, 2014

Best Machine Quilting (Longarm) and Second Place in Other Techniques, Minnesota Quilters Quilt Show, 2014

Best Pictorial Quilt, Traditional, Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2014

Viewer’s Choice, Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, 2015

New England Quilt Museum, Curated Special Exhibit: “Silk!”, April – July 2013

Excellence in Longarm Quilting, Road to California Quilt Show, 2017

First Place, Wholecloth, Minnesota Quilt Show, 2019

First Place, Merit Quilting, Houston International Quilt Show, 2018

First Place, Embellished Wall Quilt, AQS Fall Paducah, 2018

First Place, Machine Quilters Exposition East, Whole Cloth 2018

First Place, Utah Quilting and Sewing Marketplace, Heirloom Wall, 2018

First Place, Quilt Odyssey, Mixed Techniques Wall, 2018

First Place, Northwest Quilting Expo, Freehand Machine Quilting, 2017

First Place, Large Quilt: Quilting is the Star, AQS Quilt Week Paducah (Fall), 2017

First Place, Wall Quilt Predominantly Pieced, Quilt Odyssey, 2017

First Place, Wall/Small Quilt, Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival, 2017

First Place, Wall Quilt Predominantly Pieced, Quilt Odyssey, 2016

First Place, Mixed Media-Small, Shipshewana Quilt Festival, 2016

First Place, AQS Quilt Week Paducah, Small Longarm Wall Quilt, 2016

First Place, AQS Quilt Week Lancaster, Longarm Machine Quilted Wall Quilt, 2016

First Place, AQS Quilt Week Daytona Beach, Longarm Machine Quilted Wall Quilt, 2016

First Place, Houston International Quilt Festival, Merit Quilting, 2015

First Place, Quilt Odyssey, Wall Quit – Other, 2015

First Place, National Quilting Association Quilt Show, Pictorial, 2015

First Place, National Quilting Association Quilt Show, Medium Pieced Quilt, 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

First Place / Blue Ribbon, Vermont Quilt Festival, 2014

First Place, AQS Quilt Week Chattanooga, Traditional Wall Quilt, 2014

First Place, Home Machine Quilting Show, Wall Hanging, 2014

First Place, Machine Quilters Showcase, Art Quilt, 2014

First Place, AQS Quilt Week Phoenix, Wall Quilt, 2014

First Place, Road to California Quilt Show, Traditional Wall Quilt, 2014

First Place, Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Traditional, 2013

First Place, Lowell Quilt Festival (Images), Wall Pieced, 2013

First Place, Quilt Odyssey, Wall Quilts: Mixed and Other Techniques, 2014

First Place, Quilt Odyssey, Wall Quilts: Mainly 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

First Place, Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Mixed Technique, 2003

First Place, St. Andrews Quilt Show, Bed Quilt, Mixed Technique, 2003

Second Place, Houston International Quilt Show, 2019

Second Place, Machine Quilters Exposition East, New Traditions in Textiles, 2018

Second Place, AQS Grand Rapids, Longarm Wall, 2018

Second Place, AQS Virginia Beach, Longarm Wall, 2018

Second Place, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Traditional Quilt, 2017

Second Place, AQS Quilt Week Phoenix, Wall Quilt, 2016

Second Place, Northwest Quilting Expo, Freehand Machine Quilting, 2015

Second Place, AQS Quilt Week Syracuse, Wall Quilt, 2015

Second Place, National Quilting Association Quilt Show, Other Quilt, 2015

Second Place, Machine Quilters Showcase, Whole Cloth, 2015

Second Place, Road to California Quilt Show, Traditional Wall Pieced, 2015

Second Place, Machine Quilters Exposition Midwest, Small Wholecloth, 2014

Second Place, Machine Quilters Exposition East, Quilts Among Friends, 2014

Second Place, Georgia Quilt Show, Small Wall Quilt, 2013

Second Place, Quilt Odyssey, Wall Quilts: Pieced, 2012

Second Place, Machine Quilters Exposition East, Quilts Among Friends, 2012

Third Place, AQS Virginia Beach, Fiber Art Wall, 2018

Third Place, AQS Quilt Week Des Moines, Longarm Wall Quilt, 2016

Third Place, Machine Quilters Exposition Midwest, New Traditions in Textiles, 2017

Third Place, Utah Quilting and Sewing Marketplace, Art and Innovative, 2017

Third Place, AQS Quilt Week Grand Rapids, Longarm Wall Quilt, 2016

Third Place, Home Machine Quilting Show, Art-Innovative, 2016

Third Place, AQS Quilt Week Albuquerque, Longarm Wall Quilt, 2015

Third Place, AQS Quilt Week Lancaster, Longarm Wall Quilt, 2014

Third Place, Machine Quilters Exposition East, Solo Artist, 2012

Third Place, Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Mixed Technique, 2002

Co-Directors’ Award, A Quilter’s Gathering, 2012

Honorable Mention, AQS Daytona, Quilted Wall 2019

Honorable Mention, Shipshewana Quilt Festival, Mixed Media, 2018

Honorable Mention, AQS Quilt Week Grand Rapids, Large Machine Quilt, 2017

Honorable Mention, Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Pieced Quilt, 2015

Honorable Mention, Road to California Quilt Show, Traditional Wall Other, 2015

Honorable Mention, AQS Quilt Week, Des Moines, Machine Quilted Wall 2014

Honorable Mention, AQS Quilt Week, Grand Rapids, Machine Quilted Wall 2014

Honorable Mention, AQS Quilt Week Paducah, Small Wall Quilts 1st Entry, 2014

Honorable Mention, Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Pieced Wall Hanging, 2012

Judge’s Choice, Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2014

Judge’s Choice, Home Machine Quilting Show, 2014

Judge’s Choice, Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, 2004

Exhibitions

Iowa Quilt Museum, “Pets”, May – September 2024

New England Quilt Museum, “Animalia”, September – December 2023

A Quilters Gathering, Juried, 2013, 2014

AQS Quilt Week Albuquerque, Juried, 2015

AQS Quilt Week Chattanooga, Juried, 2014, 2015

AQS Quilt Week Daytona Beach, Juried, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

AQS Quilt Week Des Moines, Juried, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

AQS Quilt Week Grand Rapids, Juried, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018

AQS Quilt Week Lancaster, Juried, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019

AQS Quilt Week Paducah, Juried, 2014, 2015, 2016

AQS Quilt Week Paducah (Fall), Juried, 201,2018

AQS Quilt Week Phoenix, Juried, 2014, 2016

AQS Quilt Week Syracuse, Juried, 2015

Georgia Quilt Show, Juried, 2013

Home Machine Quilting Show, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

Houston International Quilt Festival, Juried, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018,2019

Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Juried, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019

Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival, Juried, 2017

Lowell Quilt Festival (Images), Juried, 2013

Machine Quilters Exposition East, Juried, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019

Machine Quilters Exposition Midwest, Juried, 2014, 2016, 2017

Machine Quilters Exposition West, Juried, 2011, 2013

Machine Quilters Showcase, Juried, 2014, 2015, 2016

Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Juried, 2003, 2017

Minnesota Quilter’s Quilt Show, Juried, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019,

National Quilting Association Quilt Show, 2002, 2003, 2015

Northwest Quilting Expo, Juried, 2015, 2017

Pacific International Quilt Festival, Juried, 2014, 2017

Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Juried, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013

Quilter’s Heritage Celebration, Juried, 2002, 2003, 2004

Quiltfest Destination Savannah, Juried, 2015

Quilt Odyssey, Juried, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018

Road to California Quilt Show, Juried, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Shipshewana Quilt Festival, Juried, 2016, 2018

St. Andrews Bay Quilt Show, 2003

Utah Quilting and Sewing Marketplace, 2017,2018

Vermont Quilt Festival, 2012, 2014

Wisconsin Quilt Expo, Juried, 2017

Publications

Curated Quilts, June 2023: “Temperature Quilts”

American Quilter Magazine, July 2019: “Pictorial Yarn Couching with Bethanne Nemesh” and “Song of Summer”

Machine Quilting Unlimited, March/April 2018: “New and Noteworthy: Solitaire”

American Quilter Magazine, March 2018: “Walk a Creative Path with Bethanne Nemesh”

American Quilter Magazine, January 2018: “Into the Westward Sun”

American Quilter Magazine, July 2017: “Into the Westward Sun”

American Quilter Magazine, May 2017: “The Paisley Peacock”

Machine Quilting Unlimited, March/April 2017: “Pictographic Quilting” (cover)

Machine Quilting Unlimited, November/December 2016: “Freehand Feathers: From Fast to Fancy”

American Quilter Magazine, November 2016: “The Paisley Peacock”

Machine Quilting Unlimited, September/October 2016: “Secondary Surprises”

American Quilter Magazine, May 2016: “October Sky”

American Quilter Magazine, March 2016: “October Sky”

American Quilt Society Wall Calendar, 2016: “October Sky”

Machine Quilting Unlimited Wall Calendar, 2016: “The Shell Collector”

International Quilt Festival Quilting Scene, 2015-2016: “The Paisley Peacock”

Machine Quilting Unlimited, November/December 2015: “Fall Freehand Fantasy”

American Quilter Magazine, November 2015: “October Sky”

Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, October/November 2015: “October Sky”

Quilting Quarterly, Fall 2015: “October Sky”

On Track! Magazine, Summer 2015: “October Sky” (cover)

Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, August/September 2015: “The Paisley Peacock”

Machine Quilting Unlimited, July/August 2015: “The Paisley Peacock”

American Quilter Magazine, July 2015: “October Sky”

American Quilter Magazine, May 2015: “The Shell Collector”

Machine Quilting Unlimited, March/April 2015: “Reaching Back”

American Quilter Magazine, January 2015: “The Shell Collector”

Machine Quilting Unlimited, September/October 2014: “The Shell Collector”

American Quilter Magazine, May 2014: “Gilding the Arbor”

Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, February/March 2014: “The Shell Collector”

Machine Quilting Unlimited, September/October 2013: “Gilding the Arbor”

New Hampshire To Do, April 2013: “Tree of Life”

American Quilter, Fall 2003, Vol. 19, No. 3: “Celtic Crossings: Sampler to Spectacular”

Art Quilt 2005 Weekly Calendar: “Poppies in the Field”