The Tompkins County Quilters Guild Presents:
50 Years of Traditions and Beyond, 2025 Quilt Show
September 20 & 21, 2025
There will be 300 quilts in a variety of styles, colors, and sizes to enjoy at the Tompkins County Quilter’s Guild 50 Years of Traditions and Beyond 2025 Quilt Show, coming this fall on September 20th and 21st, from 10 am–5 pm, at the Tompkins Cortland Community College Field House in Dryden, New York. You don’t have to be under these quilts to feel their warmth and beauty, and to appreciate the artistry of the incredible quiltmakers who created them.
In addition to the many quilts, both traditional and contemporary, 50 Years of Traditions and Beyond will feature a Vendor Mall with 13 vendors offering a wide variety of quilt related supplies and items, gently-used quilt books for sale, and even a display of quilted wearables. There will also be chances to win the stunning “Flying to the Stars” show quilt, and a silent auction of 100 small quilts made by members of TCQG. The featured quilt artist will be long time TCQG Member, Aafke Steenhuis. (interview and photos available)
The TCQG 2025 Quilt Show is a benefit fundraiser for the not-for-profit organization, with an entry donation of $10 for adults, and children up to 18 free.
Commemorating the 1976 Bicentennial Quilt Exhibit
Special displays at the 50 Years of Traditions and Beyond 2025 Quilt Show include commemoration of 50 years of quilt shows put on by the Tompkins County Quilter’s Guild since the 1976 Finger Lakes Bicentennial Quilt Exhibit. The 1976 weeklong quilt extravaganza featured over 600 quilts and events and exhibits all around Ithaca, NY. It was one of the largest quilt exhibits in the nation at that time and was nationally recognized as influential in the quilt revival. The Quilt Exhibit drew more than 8,000 visitors and quilters from across the country as well as international attendees!
For more quilt show details visit www.tcqg.org, or email TruemaA@tompkinscortland.edu with any questions.
Tompkins County Quilter’s Guild
The Tompkins County Quilters Guild is a membership organization with bimonthly meetings held on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm at Lifelong (119 West Court Street, Ithaca).
Members learn together in workshops and weekend quilting retreats, create service quilts for good causes, and are inspired by show-and-tell at meetings. New members welcome. Find out more about TCQG at: www.tcqg.org
