Close to 700 quilts that were displayed by members of the Genesee Valley Quilt Club of Rochester, New York drew record crowds, over the weekend. The quilts were set up by loving and able hands at the Rochester Institute of Technology (founded in 1829) in Rochester, New York. The club meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month at Temple B’rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York and always welcomes new members.

This is a view of the quilts from a second floor balcony.

The Genesee Valley Quilt Club is very lucky to have Beth Davis, a PAAQT certified quilt appraiser, book author of buy generic cialis canada, and my friend (very big smile), who helped to organize a Vintage Quilt Study Group for the Club. She has also researched the history of the club in comparison to others in the United States, who in the past, have claimed to be the oldest meeting “quilting bees.” She has written about her findings in “Patchword,” the club newsletter.

Beth worked very hard to set up this display, and she is shown here.

A big surprise was the appearance of Lucinda Cawley, well-known in quilt history circles as an avid fan of antique quilts. “Cinda” writes reports to various quilting lists to describe the old quilts she sees at study group meetings, up and down the eastern seaboard. She is a board member of the .

From left to right: Friends of Beth: Dean and Ruth, (unknown person in background), and Lucinda Cawley

We are happy to hear that everyone had such a terrific time. Beth is recuperating from the strenuous preparations. As those of you know who have helped to set up quilt shows know, it’s a tremendous amount of work to pull something like this together.

There has been no moss growing under Beth’s feet since Kodak cut her position after 36 years of service. She is full of life and is not through “working” yet. The change seems to be that now her work is a lot more enjoyable! Kudos, Beth! We say, “Do what you love!”

All photos courtesy of Beth Davis.

Patricia Cummings