Pajaro Valley Quilt Association

A quilt association that encourages the art of quilt making.

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  • About PVQA
    • PVQA Board
    • Charter Members
    • Very Special Person Award Winners
    • PVQA Bylaws
    • PVQA Policy Manual
  • BOM
  • Meetings
    • Upcoming Meetings
    • Block of the Month
    • Virtual Show and Tell Presentations
    • Small Quilt Groups
    • Meetings Archive
  • Workshops
    • Upcoming Workshops
    • PVQA Workshop Policy
    • Workshop Archives
  • Quilt Show
    • 2021 Featured Artists
    • 2021 Opportunity Quilt
    • 2021 Quilt Show Sales Guidelines
  • Outreach
    • PVQA Mask Project
    • PVQA Isolation Gown Project
    • CZU Lightning Fire Quilts
    • Allstar Quilters for Kids
    • Quilters for Hospice
    • Apple Piecers
    • Quilts for Veterans
    • Quilts of Valor
  • Membership
  • Affiliates

Community Outreach

Outreach Groups

PVQA’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the CZU Lightning Fire

PVQA has partnered with the South Bay Area Modern Quilt Guild (SBAMQG) to serve our community during the COVID-19 pandemic by making cloth masks for donation to organizations providing health care or other essential services. Click here to learn more about the PVQA Mask Project.

In addition to making masks, PVQA was asked by the Santa Cruz County Health Department to sew Isolation Gowns for them. Click here to learn about the PVQA Isolation Gown Project.

At the end of September, PVQA worked with the Santa Cruz County Emergency Operations Center to provide quilts to the survivors of the CZU Lightning Fire. Click here to learn about the CZU Lightning Fire Quilts project.

PVQA’s Community Outreach Groups

PVQA members have busy hands and big hearts! PVQA sponsors three Community Outreach groups that  provide cozy quilts to children and adults in need in our community. In addition to the three ‘official’ community outreach groups, several of the PVQA small quilt groups and members also provide quilts to those in need in our community.  They make quilts from donated fabrics. Drop by for an hour or join them regularly – it’s rewarding and serves those most in need. Donations of clean cotton fabrics, battings, and backing-size pieces are always appreciated. Stop by, meet new friends, get involved!

PVQA’s Community Outreach Groups

Allstar Quilters for Kids

Allstar Quilters meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Felton Fire Hall, 131 Kirby Street, Felton. Contact Brenda Cornell or Pat Huntsinger for more information. To date, they have donated over 1500 quilts to kids in need in our community through such organizations as CASA, Royal Kids Camp, Dominican Hospital, Pregnancy Resource Center, Salvation Army and Sienna House.

Apple Piecers

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, at the Agricultural History Project building at the Santa Cruz Fairgrounds in Watsonville (upstairs – enter thru the Museum). Contact Cathie Colson for more information. These quilts go to such worthy causes as CASA, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Halcyon House, Royal Kids’ Camp, and disabled American Veterans. Stop by and pick up a quilt kit to sew at home if you can’t spare a Wednesday.

Quilters for Hospice

Quilters for Hospice is an outreach group dedicated to the support of Hospice of Santa Cruz County, a non-profit agency providing compassionate end-of-life care and grief support services in our community.  Everyone is invited to join in making quilts at group meetings or on their own.  Meetings are the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Contact Kristie Shulman or Jaimie Chism for details.

Other Groups Making Quilts for our Community

Sew Little Timers

Sew Little Timers Members, PVQA members, and their moms make quilts for Foster children being adopted in Santa Cruz County, ranging in size from lap to full.

We request attractive, well-made quilts, appropriate for boys or girls. If you wish to donate a quilt, email Karen Gonzalez for more information. Please only use good quality fabrics, good workmanship and a pleasing design.

Veteran’s Quilt Project

Although this isn’t an official group, many guild members are involved in making lap quilts for disabled and recovering vets. The quilts are collected and taken to VA hospitals in Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Minimum size is 36″x48″, lightly quilted or tied and soft enough to drape. A patriotic theme is nice but by no means necessary. We request attractive, well-made quilts, appropriate for either gender. If you wish to donate a quilt, email Sandy Helin for more information. Please respect and honor the men and women who are recipients of your quilts with good fabric, good workmanship and a pleasing design.

Quilts of Valor

The Quilts of Valor Foundation (QOVF) is a national movement making heirloom quality quilts to honor those who have served our Nation in foreign conflict.  Members of PVQA have been working on this project for several years and welcome everyone to join in. Meetings are the first and third Friday of the month. Contact Sue Lovelace for details.

 

General Meetings

When:
Second Monday of every month
Meeting starts promptly at 7:pm

Location:
In response to the continuing COVID-19  Social Distancing requirements, PVQA will be holding monthly Virtual General Meetings over the internet using Zoom technology until further notice.

Click here for more information about our Virtual General Meetings.

Virtual General Meeting Activities

  • Block-of-the-Month
  • ‘Show & Tell’

PVQA Mission

The purpose of the Pajaro Valley Quilt Association (PVQA) is to encourage the art of quilt making which includes acquiring and sharing knowledge of quilt designs and quilt techniques; preserving and continuing the tradition, culture and history of quilting; encouraging quilt making and collecting, sponsoring and supporting quilting activities, including outreach programs, and providing education meetings.

Contact Information

Address:
Pajaro Valley Quilt Association
P.O. Box 1412
Aptos, CA 95001-1412

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