Come to a Meeting!
Meetings are now available in a "hybrid" format, both in person and via Zoom.
Meetings start at 7 pm unless otherwise noted.
Information tables (Name Tag, Library, BOM, and so on) are usually available at 6:30 pm.
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Mark Your Calendars!
July 13, 2026
August 10, 2026
September 14, 2026
October 12, 2026
November 9, 2026
December 14, 2026
For more information,
go to our Meetings Page.​
July Meeting
Traditional July
Members Only
Event
Join your fellow PVQA members for the traditional, mid-summer event at our July Meeting. Same time, same location, lots of fun!​​​​
​August 10, 2026
General Meeting
Coleen Pelfrey, Speaker​
Life with a Border Around It​​
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Colleen Pelfrey grew up in Northern California, attended college at UC Davis, and had a long career as a teacher. She finished her teaching career at the middle school level, teaching what she refers to as the fun stuff-math, art, drama and PE. She also taught dance to classroom teachers for the Northern California Art Project during the summer for 12 years, and still does an occasional dance workshop for educators.
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She has been sewing since the eighth grade. Her mom was a charter member of the local quilt guild, and her sister also quilted, so it made sense to try quilting. She made her first quilt after her first year of college in 1976. She made her second quilt much later in 1990. When her two sons got older, she started playing with designing quilts, and creating with and on fabric.
Just as much as she likes quilting, she likes telling the stories that go along with her quilts, hence the lecture title of “Life with a Border Around It.” Notan in Japanese means light dark harmony. The technique is based on a version of Notan involving cut paper.​
Learn more about Coleen’s work by visiting her website at https://www.colleenpelfreyquilts.com/.​
Sign Up for Coleen's Workshop, Notan Design, on the Workshops page.​​​​​
Renew Your PVQA Membership Now!
We have over 300 active PVQA members. Our fiscal year ends May 31st and every year it seems to take months and many eBlasts to have everyone renew. This year let’s just renew right now! Dues remain $45 ($50 for affiliates ) the same as this year. You can go to the Membership Page of this website and renew with PayPal or a credit card. You can send a check to PVQA PO Box 1412 Aptos, CA 95001, or come to the May meeting in person with cash, check, or card. Only fill out a membership form if you have changes to your information.
Please do it today! So far 3 members have renewed without being asked ☺. Our membership cards for 2026-2027 are purple and are available now!
We can’t set up automatic renewal so we have to do it ourselves.