Address: 50 Bateman
Street, Kambah ACT 2902 Australia
Phone/Fax: +61 2 6231 2376
Email: bethmiller50@bigpond.com
EDUCATION
Tertiary studies
in Commercial Screenprinting, Fabric Printing and Fabric Decoration. (Canberra Institute of Technology). Classes with Nancy
Crowe, Elizabeth Busch, Joen Wolfrom, Keiko Goke, Caryl Bryer Fallert, Jan
Beaney, Sue Blanchfield, Sandra Meech,
Ruth Hadlow, and Sharon Muir.
ACT Accredited
Quilt Teacher
Co Owner of Quilts by
Pattern www.quiltsbypattern.com
RECENT CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2011 Braidwood
Quilt Event
Cortona Resources Acquisitive Award –
“Grass Trees”
Quilt
Expo en Beaujolias France
- a collection of Australian quilts
Dalgety
Quilt Show
“Corrugated Iron – Iron Lace 1”
The
Quilter’s Guild of NSW annual exhibition
First place Mixed Techniques Professional
“Vessels 1”
Judges Choice –“Vessels 1”
Canberra
Quilters Inc annual exhibition
Second place Wall Quilt (professional) “The
Elephant”
Second Place Art Quilt (open) “Emu”
Hands All Around 2011: International Quilts. Houston
“Vessels 1”
tACTile. Elements Exhibition: ACQ Melbourne,
ANCA Gallery (ACT), Gilgandra Heritage Gallery
2010 Hands All Around 2010: International Quilts. USA tour. “The Girls
of Tyrone Farm and Dandelion and Rust”
Houston
Quilt Festival USA
Finalist “Vessels 2”
tACTile. Collections Exhibition. Quilt Expo en Beaujolias
The Quilter’s Guild of NSW annual
exhibition “Dandelion and Rust”
Canberra
Quilter’s Inc annual exhibition
Third Place Mixed Media (Open) “Vessels 3”
My Place Travelling
Exhibition, Carrefour
European du Patchwork Val d’Argent France “Gum Blossom”
The Royal Canberra Show
The
Canberra Times Craft Expo Overall Champion “Dandelion and Rust”
2009 My Place Travelling Exhibition, Craft
show Melbourne, Minerva Gallery Wellington NZ, COPAC
Colac Vic “Gum Blossom”
World
Quilt Exhibition , New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Santa Clara,
Florida USA
“Corrugrated Iron, Iron Lace 1”
Hands all Around XXV USA tour “Corrugrated Iron,Iron Lace 2”
tACTile. Collections Exhibition, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth,
Gilgandra
The
Quilter’s Guild of New South Wales Inc annual exhibition
Second Place Mixed Technique Professional
“Corrugated Iron- Iron Lace 3”
Second Place Pictorial Quilt “The Girls of
Tyrone Farm”
Canberra
Quilter’s Inc annual exhibition
Second Place Tiny Treasures “Contrasts”
Second Place Art Quilt “Grass Trees”
Second Place Bed Quilt Professional “A
Touch of Green”
Chiatanya
Designs Embellishment Award
“Corrugated Iron-Iron Lace 2”
Dalgety
Quilt Show
Braidwood
Quilt Event
Highly Commended -We Are Australian section
“Gum Blossoms”
2008 Houston
Quilt Festival USA
Finalist “Grass Trees”
Hands all Around XXIV Houston USA tour
“Kimberely Sunset”
tACTile. Eyeline Exhibition Fairfield Gallery, Gilgandra Perth,
Braidwood
My
Place Travelling Exhibition Textile Arts Festival Brisbane “Gum Blossoms”
The
Quilter’s Guild of New South Wales Inc annual exhibition
Judges Commendation “Banksia”
Canberra
Quilter’s Inc annual exhibition
Third Place Art Quilt (Open) “The Girls of
Tyrone Farm”
Braidwood
Quilt Event
First prize- We Are Australian section “The
Girls of Tyrone Farm”
2007
tACTile. Eyeline
Exhibition, Craft Show
Melbourne, ANCA Gallery ACT, Lyon France, Cooee Heritage Centre Gilgandra NSW
Sense of Place Travelling Exhibition,
Samson Hill Winery Vic, Mesdag Museum Holland, Bousaada Gallery Bowral NSW,
Middle East Tour “Bogong Moths”
Hands all Around- USA tour “Bungle Bungles”
Myfab quilt exhibition – CK Gallery
Golden Colorado USA “The
Gerringong Rocks”
The
Quilter’s Guild of New South Wales Inc annual exhibition
Third place Mixed Techniques Professional
“The Gerringong Rocks”
Canberra
Quilter’s Inc annual exhibition “Bungle Bungles”
Braidwood
Quilt Event
First place “We are Australian” “Kimberley
Sunset”
2006
Roses
Bousaada Winery Bowal NSW “Memories”
Pacific International Festival – USA “Bush
Larrikins”
Hands All Around - Houston USA and
France tour “Bush Larrikins”
World Quilt Exhibition – USA
1st place
Innovative Quilt section
“Bogong Moths”
Artstreet Moruya NSW Solo exhibition
2006-7 Australian Japan Round Robin
Australian Citizenship Quilt Gold Coast,
Hobart, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide
Tactile. Five Squared Exhibition - Gilgandra
Cooee Centre NSW, Fairfield Gallery NSW, La Sucriere Lyon France, Broken Hill
Art Gallery NSW
The Quilter’s Guild of NSW annual exhibition –
First Open
Pictorial Professional “Sunflowers”
2005 Across Australia travelling exhibition
Tripoli, Cairo,Demascus,Aleppo and Kuwait
”Golden Beaches”
Hands All Around USA and France tour
World Quilt USA tour
Second place of
country “River Barge”
Tactile. Five Squared Exhibition
, Australian Quilt Convention, SA and WA Quilt exhibition, Gilgandra Cooee
Heritage Centre, Braidwood, Pacific International Festival USA
The Quilter’s Guild of NSW
First place Open
Pictorial Quilt Professional “Bogong Moths”
Second place
Viewers Choice “Bogong Moths”
Canberra Quilter’s exhibition
Second place
quilt section professional “Sunflowers”
OTHER
SIGNIFICANT AWARDS
2003
. The Quilter’s Guild of NSW annual exhibition- Best of Show ‘Bush Larrikins”
1994. Royal
Canberra Show - Contemporary
Reserve champion “The Swagman”
1993. Craft Expo Winner Canberra Times Award Champion Quilt
“Somewhere Green”
1992. Canberra Quilters exhibition First place and
Viewers Choice “Somewhere Green”
COLLECTIONS
Drummoyne
Council NSW.
The Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection Placentia USA, Dr Annette Gero
Contemporary Quilt Collection, Sydney Australia and private collections in
Australia and Europe.
QUILTING
EDUCATION
Work
featured in a video on a special exhibit “Hands All Around
XXV: International Quilts.
QuiltsFestival@Home.
Work
featured in a lecture and online class titled “The Elements of Art For Quilters” by Lyric Kinard
1997 Floriade community
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Quilt Mania No 85 Sept/Oct
2011 Page 30
International Quilt
Festival Spring 2011 Class Catalogue Page
Quilter’s
Newsletter June/July 2010 No 416 Page23
International
Quilt Market Buyer’s Guide Spring 2010 Page10
Burda No 27 Autumn 2010 Pages 46-50
New Zealand
Quilter 2009 Page 34
Patchwork Art Textile catalogue
Textile Art
Festival program Page 14
Braidwood Times
Nov 2009
Textile Fibre
Forum Issue 4, No 92 2008
Braidwood Times
Nov 2008
Local Federal Member Annette Ellis’s Xmas card 2005
Down Under Quilts Issue 137 Pages 46-47, Issue 94 Page 80, Issue 90,
Pages 52 – 60, Issue 87
Australian Patchwork and Quilting Vol 13 No 9 ,Vol
13 No 11 Pages 56 – 57,
Australian Quilters Companion No 19 Vol 5 Page
58, No 16 Vol 4 Page 83
Magic Patch Issue 59 Page 19 – 20 France
Textile fibre Forum issue 79 Page
Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting May/June Page 100 USA
Across Australia catalogue
Australian Art in Syria – A sense of Place catalogue
BOOKS
Adventures in
Design 2011– Joen Wolfrom
500 Art Quilts 2010 Lark -Books
The Art Quilt Collection 2010 – Sixth and Spring Books
Patchwork Art Textile – 6eme Exposition Internationale “Regard Vers
L’Australie” A Sense of Place
Colour Play - Joen Wolfrom
Quilts 2000 Australia Celebrates – Karen Fail and Dianne Finnegan
A Quilters Ark- Margaret Rolfe
Go Wild with Quilts - Margaret Rolfe
Quilts to make for children - Margaret Rolfe