"I always look forward to the GVQC festival. From the most meticulous traditional handwork to the funkiest AND the most elegant contemporary work -- there is something for everyone to enjoy. And the venders are superb. Bring your cash, your notebook, and your camera -- fill your stash and your brain with color and pattern."

-- Janet Berlo, quilter and quilt historian

Welcome to the Genesee Valley Quilt Festival "Garden of Quilts". The Genesee Valley Quilt Club, Inc will hold their biennial quilt festival June 5-7, 2009 at the RIT Gordon Field House. Three times the show’s previous capacity, the festival features speakers, workshops, vendors, demonstrations, as well as a crowd pleasing quilt exhibit of over 1,000 quilts.

One of the nation’s longest continuously meeting quilt clubs, the Genesee Valley Quilt Club (GVQC) promotes and encourages quilt making throughout the greater Genesee Valley region centered near Rochester, New York.

The theme of this festival “Garden of Quilts” takes a fresh look at a traditional craft with speakers who show that this art is definitely not what your grandmother made. Guest speakers include Jane Sassaman, internationally known quilt artist, Mary Mashuta, who takes tradition with a twist, and Paula Scaffidi, who is also known as “Fiberella”. These headliners are joined by regional guest speakers and instructors.

The quilt challenge, sponsored by Blank Textiles, encourages quilters to design with the theme ‘Blending Art and Tradition” and will supply prize money to $1,000.

Vendors at the festival come from far and wide, and variety will be the draw for quilters, hand crafters, fiber artists and sewers as well. Festival organizers anticipate a capacity crowd.

Our 2009 raffle quilt "Midnight in the Garden" was made by the talented members of the Genesee Valley Quilt Club. Raffle tickets will be available for purchase at our Quilt Festival June 5-7 or from any member. Our drawing will take place October 16, 2009. You need not be present to win.