The Count Down Begins!

Hello Everyone,

The Genesee Valley Quilt Club quilt show is fast approaching.

This year's show will not disappoint!

We have close to 1000 quilts/wearable art on display. 41 top notch vendors from around the country. A Wearable Art Fashion Show on Friday; our version of Project Iron Quilter (A mix between "Project Runway" and "Iron Chef".) set for Saturday; rounding out the show is a Live Auction on Sunday afternoon.

The show hours are: 

Friday, June 3rd 9am - 5pm

Saturday, June 4th 9am - 5pm

Sunday, June 5th 9am - 4pm

Admission is: 

$10 for one day

$15 for a weekend pass

If you would like to see the goings on from our last show (2009) click here.

There is truly something for everyone at this show. 

Hope to see you at the show! 

Happy Quilting, Kathy

A Plethora of Color

Hello Everyone, 
The Irondequoit Quilt Club has once again out done themselves with another terrific quilt show entitled: A Walk in the Quilter's Garden. Each quilt category has garden themed names like Pansy Place, Tulip Terrace, Sunflower Avenue and Hydrangea Street to name just a few. There are easily over 150 quilts on display. Here is a little glimpse:


Love the use of thirties prints in this quilt.

30's Subway Tile

Many quilt shops around the US were busy earlier this year with a "Quilter's Football" program. This quilt is one of the many projects that were offered.

Pre-Game Butterflies

Stash and scraps is where this award winning quilt came from. It is king size! You too can create a great looking quilt using only fabrics and scraps from your stash.

Bear Paws

The quilter that pieced this beauty was trying her hand at a new applique technique (in the border) that she had recently learned. What an outstanding job she did!

Country Haven

The simple quilting design here is just right!

Four Star Squared

Woof, Woof. These dogs are all in the dog-house!

Lucien's Quilt

The greens and purples in this quilt are luscious!

Purple Snowball

You can almost hear the waves crashing and taste the ocean-side candy.

Salt-Water Taffy

Brrrrrr it's getting chilly outside.... We may need this fun loving quilt to cuddle up with!

Snowmen Row

If you are in the area be sure to check out the show. The hours on Saturday, October 23rd are 10am - 4pm at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection. (3736 St.Paul Blvd. - Corner of St. Paul and Cooper Roads in Irondequoit.)

Until next time…  
Happy Quilting, Kathy

Saturday Show and Another

Hello Everyone,  
Twice a year one of our local quilt shops exhibits quilts made by their customers. The quilts range from beginners to advanced quilters. The quilter may have taken a class, purchased the fabric or pattern at the shop, or maybe even was inspired by a quilt from a previous show!
Here are a few quilts:

 
Ruth and Cheryl from Irondequoit Quilt Guild were selling raffle tickets for this beautiful quilt entitled Mystic Garden, that the guild members made. The tickets are $1 each, or 6 for $5. The drawing will be held at their upcoming guild quilt show, A Walk in the Quilter's Garden, in October. The quilt show is Friday, October 22nd from 2pm - 8pm and Saturday October 23rd from 10am - 4pm. At 4pm they will be drawing the winner of this wonderful quilt. Will you have the lucky ticket?

The guild is also doing a raffle for an entry level Bernina sewing machine that was donate by a local quilt shop. Those tickets are $1 each. Who will be the lucky quilter with a new machine?

Until next time…
Happy Quilting,
Kathy

Quilt Festival Vendor Mailing!

Hello Everyone,  

The Genesee Valley Quilt Club is gearing up for our June 2011 Quilt Festival. I devoted this past weekend to organizing all the vendor packets and mailing them out! I can't wait to see who will be  at our next show. If you want to see a glimpse into our last show you can read all about it here.

If you know of anyone who may be interested in vending, please have them contact me at: quiltfest@rochester.rr.com. I will be sure to send them a packet as well.

Until next time… Happy Quilting, Kathy

Wow! What a Quilt Show!

Hello Everyone,
Here is a glimpse of the quilt show put on by the local quilt shop that I attended this past weekend. There were over 175 quilts; all made by the quilt shop's customers. Enjoy.

The aisles were packed with quilts downstairs...

upstairs...

Hand-quilted giant dahlia.

Many sampler quilts...

Some art pieced quilts...

Even a Sun Bonnet Sue or two...

Don't forget those great looking Stack-n-Whacks ..

Now this basket quilt is pretty... but this is the backside!

Here is a detail of the front side... all hand quilted. This was truly an exquisite quilt!

The Webster Quilt Guild had a table at which they were selling admission / door prize tickets to their upcoming quilt show.

If you are interested in purchasing an admission / door prize quilt ticket for $3 please let me know. Just comment here or send me an e-mail, and I will be sure to get you your ticket.The quilt that is displayed behind these ladies is the guild's door prize.

The show is Saturday, May 1st from 9am to 4pm at the United Methodist Church of Webster on Main Street in Webster,NY.

Until next time…

Happy Quilting, Kathy

It's National Quilt Day!

Hello Everyone,

I will be starting today to celebrate National Quilt Day!

I am off to the Webster Quilt guild; one of my local guilds. In honor of the actual day I will be going to a quilt show. The show is in East Rochester at the Piano Works Mall from 10am to 4pm and is sponsored by Patricias' Fabric House. So if your in the area be sure to stop by.

Why not leave me a comment and let me know how you will be celebrating National Quilt Day. 

Until next time…

Happy Quilting, Kathy

GVQC - Genesee Valley Quilt Club

This past Thursday, the monthly meeting of the GVQC started to gather around 9am. This photo only shows about a quarter of the activity taking place before our business meeting which starts at 10:15.

There are several activities happening during that hour and fifteen minutes. I'll share just a few with you.

Our club has monthly workshops that are put on by our guest speaker for that month. Here you see Nancy explaining to Karla (a new member), about some of the upcoming workshops.

Each month our guild has a monthly raffle, ($1 per chance) to benefit some aspect of our guild. The quilt each month is donated by a member. Here you see Margaret, in her fancy hat, selling tickets for that beautiful Christmas quilt behind her. This months winner was Patti Goodwin. The club raised over $200 for our Comfort Quilt Committee.

Quilt basting was taking place near the back of the room. Lynn, Beth, Ann and Meg were busy placing stitches in Ann's quilt.


Once the business meeting started it was packed with tons of information.
Our guild had decided to dedicate some of our money to co-sponsoring with the Arts Council of Greater Rochester, grants for fiber artists. What a wonderful idea and it will be great fun to see who applies for the grants.
We again were sponsoring the quilt group which is under the auspices of Compeer, a local peer mentoring group here in Rochester. All funding has been cut severely here in New York state for such organizations, and it is wonderful that the guild saw fit to give a very generous donation to them as well!

A major announcement that took place during the business meeting was:

Yes, the 2011 Genesee Quilt Fest will be held at RIT on June 3, 4 and 5. Lisa Feor, Julie Brandon, and myself will be joined by Val Schultz as the quilt show chairs. We are all so very excited! If you want to see what our 2009 show looked like, take a look at my June Post.

After the business meeting, we had Show and Tell. What wonderful, beautiful quilts were shown. Here are just a couple:



... and then Ann showed us her beautiful quilt that was being basted. She is certainly one of our star hand quilters! She is an expert in all phases of applique and quilting. I can't wait to see this done - her hand quilting is exquisite! The border design she appliqued here is based on her Welsh roots.



Everyone took a break for lunch before our guest speaker took the floor. Paula Schultz who owns a shop called Cotton, Etc. near Oneida,NY was our speaker Thursday. She is a wearable artist and did a trunk show for us. She spoke on her inspirations, and showed a variety of garments. Paula encouraged each of us to enter juried competitions and challenges.

To round out the afternoon, several other groups,(Vintage Quilt Study, Fiber Artist, In-house Workshops) got together after Paula was finished. It is always a very fun filled day at GVQC.

Garden of Quilts Quilt Festival

The past few weeks I have been consumed with the Genesee Valley Quilt Show, Garden of Quilts. As many of you know I was one of three Quilt Show Chairs and the Vendor Coordinator for the show. Here are some pictures from start to finish of the show over the four day period.

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Gordon Field House size: 60,000 square feet. An empty field house.

Starting of pipe and drape.

By 11:30am on Thursday, we have a little more pipe and drape hung.

It's 12 noon and it is time to start to take in quilts for the show.

"Now, where does this quilt go?"

We are making progress.

We're getting there.

Looking good!

Vendors start to move in as early as 8:00am on Friday.

Some finishing touches for the quilts.

Pillowcase Party gets all set up. You could rest for a bit at the show and make a pillowcase for one of our community out reach programs.

The other side of the field house.

"Where is all this going to fit?"

Just about there.

Here is the True Creations booth. My daughter, Andreana and my husband, Jim stand proudly in our booth. I had Andreana and Jim man my booth the entire time during the show. My first job at the show was that of Vendor Coordinator, my second job was being one of the Quilt Show chairs; and then there was no more room for any more jobs. It was soooooo much fun!

Looks like the vendors are ready for the show to start.

That is until someone decides 15 minutes before the show is about to open that we need a little excitement and they bump a row of quilts.

Everyone pitches in and helps.

We reset the quilt row and are ready within the 15 minutes. The attendees were none the wiser.

Opening ceremony begins promptly at 5:00pm on Friday.

The ribbon is cut, and the show is officially open!

The show floor is busy as a beehive on Saturday morning at 11:30am.

Over 2500 attended the show over the 2 1/2 days. (Friday evening, all day Saturday and all day Sunday.) There were over 900 beautiful quilts on display. It was breath taking! It was amazing! There was plenty of room to stand back and admire the quilts, take photos and really enjoy the show and all it had to offer.

At the Pillowcase Party booth, Julie (one of the co-chairs) and my husband Jim take a few minutes to make some pillowcases.

We take a few moments upstairs to enjoy some lunch and all say, "Next time ....."

Towards the back of the field house we had classroom areas set up.

Here is a glimpse of a class in session.

Vintage quilts hung around the outside areas of the classroom space.

This shot over looks the show floor from the balcony. The balcony was a great place to relax, enjoy some food, and absorb the beauty of the quilt show. It was magnificent! There were art quilts; pieced quilts; quilts made by first time quilters; applique quilts; small quilts; big quilts; wall quilts; all kinds of quilts could be found at this show!

With 44 vendors, from CT, VT, NH, MA, OH, MI, PA and NY state; everyone was able to find something of interest.

It's Sunday evening and the show has ended. The vendors are starting to move out.

Quilts are starting to come down.

The field house is just about empty.

The quilts are down, the vendors are gone.

It is just about time to turn down the lights.

Until our next show; which is tentatively planned for June 2011!.
I hope you enjoyed the quilt show process. We are already starting to think about the next one; how we can make it even better.