beth's profile

Born in Detroit, Michigan, Beth was raised in a family that had designed and shared quilts/quilt history through several generations. Her paternal grandmother was a Master Quiltmaker from Louisville, Kentucky and Beth learned much of what she shares with others from grandmother, Edna Sumners Hord. Beth has been quilting since 1972 and has a strong commitment to the promotion of quiltmaking as an Art form for women in the 21st century. Having moved to Canada in 1985, Beth has been active in local and national quilting organizations, serving as a Board member and local quilt educator in Southern Ontario and with the CQA/ACC.

Education:

  • B.A., Home Economics, Michigan State University
  • M.A. Education, Michigan State University
  • M.B.A. Business Administration, University of Michigan
  • Assoc. Degree, Adult Education, McMaster University , Hamilton , ON
  • Quilt History Studies/Pre-Appraiser Certification, AQS

Quilts/Credits:

  • Just Play - Kingston Fibre Artists Show 2006, Kingston , ON
  • Remembering Paradise - Kingston Fibre Artists Show 2005, Kingston, ON
  • Kelowna - REBIRTH, Kingston Fibre Artists Show 2004, Kingston, ON
  • Song of the East, Kimono Quilt, Kingston Fibre Artists Show, Kingston, ON , 2003
  • Intersections, Flight of the Monarch, Kingston Fibre Artist's Show, Kingston, 2002
  • Firestorm, Kingston Fibre Artist's Show, Kingston 2001
  • Heritage Stars of Hope, Kingston Heirloom Quilt Show, Kingston 2001
  • Liberated Stars, CQA Show, Kitchener/Waterloo, 1995, 1st Place Award
  • Trinity, CQA Show, Halifax, 1994, Joseph McMurdie Award, Applique
  • Aftermath, A Statement on Vietnam, AQS Show, 1994, 3rd Place Award
  • Tundra, Red River Flowing, AQS Show, 1993, CANON Corp. Award
  • Tidal Wave, Lost Souls, NQA Show 1993, 2nd Place Award, Applique

Lectures:

  • Napanee Quilt Guild , Napanee. ON  "Retracing the Steps Jane Stickle Took"
  • Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston ON, "Restoration, A Link to the Past"
  • Thousand Island Craft School, Clayton NY  "Frontenac County Quilts"
  • Ontario Quilting Connections Conference  "Documenting our Past"
  • Quilting in the Country, Kitchener, ON, "Feathered Star Quilts"
  • Fiberworks Kingston,  "Memory Quilts – A Portrait in Time"
  • Jefferson County Museum, Watertown NY,  " Quilts Across the Border"
  • Canadian Quilters' Association Conference, Saskatoon " Keeping Room Quilts"

Workshops:

  • SURFACE DESIGN and STITCH – St. Lawrence College, Winter Term, 2006*
  • INNOVATION vs. TRADITION – St. Lawrence College, Fall Term 2005*
  • COLOUR – The Quilt Artist’s Way – St. Lawrence College, Summer Term 2005*
  • PIECEWORK – A New Twist, St. Lawrence College, Weekend Workshop, June 2005*
  • ART QUILTS – Designing for the New Century, St. Lawrence College, Summer Term 2004*
  • Design To Wear, St. Lawrence College, Summer School for the Arts, 2003
  • A Quilters Retreat – a week to just PLAY!!! St. Lawrence College, SSOA, 2003
  • Transfer Photography and Sunprinting, Brant Heritage Quilt Guild, Brantford ON, 2002
  • Colour Stories, A Full Week of Colourplay, St. Lawrence College, Brockville, ON 2002
  • Colour Your Quilt World, Limestone Quilters’ Guild, Kingston, ON 2000
  • Liberated Stars, Thousand Island Craft School, Clayton NY 1999
  • Feathered Star Sampler, Quilting in the Country Conference, Kitchener, 1999
  • Memory Quilts, FIBREWORKS Kingston 1998
  • Forging New Pathways in Quiltmaking, St. Lawrence College, 1998
  • Colour Through Theory, St. Lawrence College, 1997 Summer School for the Arts

* All new full credit TEXTILE ARTS PROGRAM Kingston Campus, St. Lawrence College

Associations:

  • Kingston Fibre Artists Group, Contributing Member 1999- Present
  • The Canadian Quilters’ Association/ACC - Past President/ Past Board Member
  • The American Quilter's Society, Member 1979-present
  • The American Quilt Study Group, member 1984-present
  • Kingston Heirloom Quilters, member 1993-present
  • Limestone Quilters’ Guild, Kingston, Past President/Board, membership ongoing