About Genesee Valley QuiltFest

Genesee Valley QuiltFest is a biennial quilt show held in odd years by the Genesee Valley Quilt Club at the expansive 70,000 square foot Gordon Field House on the campus of Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. The quilt show displays quilts of all types, styles and sizes made by the club members and other quilters from the Rochester area, the US and beyond. The quilt display may include quilts on loan from other organizations, museums, or companies. The show includes a Vendor Mall of about 60 vendors, and offers workshops and lectures, vendor demos, a Vendor Shop Hop, and other activities and special events.

Genesee Valley Quilt Club

The Genesee Valley Quilt Club began in 1936 with 10 members and now has nearly 380 members. From its roots in traditional quilting with an emphasis on serving community, today the club includes members that enjoy the diversity that quilting offers including art, contemporary, and modern quilting still with an emphasis on community. The club includes members of all levels of quilting expertise, even those who have had their work accepted into prestigious quilt shows across the country. GVQC celebrates its 85th anniversary in 2021.

It is the goal of the Genesee Valley Quilt Club (GVQC)

• to encourage quilt making • to continue to improve our skills and knowledge • to promote an appreciation of fine design and workmanship • to preserve our (quilting) heritage and tradition • to use our skills to serve the community through education, grants and donation of hundreds of comfort quilts every year to community organizations for distribution to those in need. If you are interested in joining Genesee Valley Quilt Club, click on the club website link. Member of Quilter’s Consotrium of New York State.