2022 SHOW DATES
Friday May 20, 2022 9-5
Saturday May 21, 2022 9-5
Sunday May 22, 2022 10-4
SHOW ADDRESS
Gordon Field House
RIT Campus
1 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY
Genesee Valley QuiltFest - Genesee Valley Quilt Club, Copyright 2021
Lecture Registration opens
November 1, 2021
Linda Hunter, 2022 QuiltFest Lecturer
Linda
is
a
certified
quilt
appraiser,
quilting
teacher
and
quiltmaker.
Teaching
in
one
form
or
another
has
been
her
life.
With
a
degree
in
Education
(mathematics)
from
Buffalo
State
College,
Buffalo,
NY,
Linda
has
been
a
substitute
teacher
for
over
30
years.
Her
interest
in
quiltimaking
opened
the
path
as
a
teacher
of
quiltmaking
for
over
40
years
teaching
quilt
classes
in
community
education
programs
through
school
systems
in
Western
New
York,
conducting
workshops
and
giving
lectures
on
quiltmaking.
Her
interest
in
quilting
includes
both
past
and
present,
antique
and
contemporary
quilts,
and she has been a certified quilt appraiser for over 20 years.
About Linda:
•
American Quilter’s Society certified quilt appraiser for over 20 years.
•
Founding member of Amherst Quilter’s Guild in the Buffalo, NY area.
•
Former secretary for the Professional Association of Appraisers - Quilted Textiles (PAAQT)
•
Presenter of programs on cable television on quilt appraising and quilting techniques.
•
Finalist in
The Professional Quilter
magazine Teacher of the Year contest.
•
Co-curator
of
The
Buffalo
History
Museum
exhibit
Quilts:
Techniques
and
Styles
(2016
-
2017).
Coordinator
of
the
quilt
project
involving 16 guilds that pieced and hand quilted a quilt during the exhibit.
•
Maker
of
the
quilt,
Windows
of
Western
New
York,
Western
NY
Responds
to
9-11-2001
that
has
traveled
throughout
New
York
State and beyond.
Linda Hunter Lecture:
LS-4: Quilts Past and Present - Saturday, May 21, 2022, 2:30 PM, $10
This
lecture
includes
a
variety
of
quilts,
both
antique
and
contemporary,
which
will
act
as
the
vehicle
for
this
journey
through
the
history of our country.
Included
in
the
lecture
are
more
than
25
quilts
and
quilt
pieces
which
help
to
illustrate
historical
facts,
names
of
quilt
patterns,
patchwork and appliqué designs. Quilts and fabrics made over 150 years ago and as recently as yesterday will be shown.
For
example:
Along
with
several
patchwork
and
appliqué
quilts,
enjoy
a
Crazy
Quilt,
Redwork
and
embroidered
quilts,
and
a
Mariner’s
Compass
quilt
block
made
in
1840.
Compare
this
with
a
Mariner’s
Compass
quilt
made
in
the
1980’s.
View
a
fabric
made
expressly
for
President
Eisenhower,
quilts
with
fabric
from
the
1892
Columbian
Exposition
and
the
1933
World’s
Fair.
Learn
what
is
meant
by
“madder,”
“T”
quilt
blocks,
feed
sack
fabric
-
by
viewing
examples
of
each.
View
quilts
that
Linda
made
to
remember Y2K and the 9-11 disaster.