Pajaro Valley Quilt Association

A quilt association that encourages the art of quilt making.

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Meetings Archive

Past meeting program information is listed below.


Sally Miller

Mile-a-Minute Quilts

Monday, January 11th

7:00 pm

Sally Miller

Join Sally Miller, a Carmel quilter, as she details a nearly 20-year long joy ride, using up her scraps as efficiently and quickly as possible as she made Mile-a-Minute quilts.  Inspired by an article in American Quilter Magazine, she embarked on an continuing project which resulted in many lively quilts, a tidier studio and an empty waste basket. 

Quilt by Sally Miller

Tina Curran

The Design Process – From Concept to Quilt

Monday, December 14th

7:00 pm

Tina Curran

We’re in for a treat in December!  Instead of our traditional Holiday Party, Katie and Pam have scheduled an online lecture by Tina Curran, an art quilter from Southern California, at our regular meeting on Mon., Dec. 14, 2020.  Besides making quilts, Tina designs and sells quilt patterns through shops on Etsy and Craftsy.  People who buy her quilt patterns often ask, “Did that come out of your head?”  Tina’s lecture, “The Design Process–From Concept to Quilt,” answers that question.  In her lecture, Tina shares the process she follows, sometimes linear, sometimes circuitous, which ends with a finished quilt.  Through her lecture, illustrated with many original quilts, Tina hopes to demystify the creative process and encourage others to start designing their own quilts.  Note:  Members, you can do this!  The process of designing a quilt can be taught, and Tina will show you how.

Holidaze
Holidaze

Learn more about Tina.


Cindy Grisdela

Anatomy of an Art Quilt

Monday, November 9th

7:00 pm

Cindy Grisdela

Cindy Grisdela, an award-winning fiber artist, author and quilter from Reston, Virginia, will be joining us Monday, November 9, 2020, for her virtual lecture, “Anatomy of an Art Quilt.”  Cindy will talk about how to create an improvisational quilt (improv quilt for short).  She’ll answer these questions:  How do you create an improv quilt without a pattern?  Where do you start?  How do you know when it’s finished?  She’ll share her tips and tricks in an entertaining lecture about the process of working improvisationally from start to finish.

Artful Improv Quilt

If you haven’t read it yet, Pam Rocco highly recommends Cindy’s book, “Artful Improv:  Explore Color Recipes, Building Blocks & Free-Motion Quilting,” available in paperback.  Her book contains an excellent tutorial on how to get started with improv.

Learn more about Cindy.


Sara Trail

Social Justice Sewing Academy

Monday, October 12 – 7 pm

Sara Trail

Sara Trail, the talented and charismatic founder and Executive Director of the Social Justice Sewing Academy (SJSA), will be our speaker at our October meeting. After graduating from U.C. Berkeley and enrolling in a doctoral program at Harvard, Sara dropped out after only one year, got a job at a California prison, and founded the SJSA, because she wanted to use her artistic voice as a quilter to advocate for social justice.

Trayvon, Rest in Power
Trayvon, Rest in Power

She’ll tell us about the hands-on workshops the SJSA conducts in schools, prisons and community centers across the country, teaching students how to use quilting to effect social change.” 

Quilts made by SJSA students from both continuation and regular public school classes were displayed at the 2019 PVQA Quilt Show.

Learn more about Sara and the Social Justice Sewing Academy.


Tara Faughnan

Design and Color

Monday, September 14th

7:00 pm

Tara Faughnan

Tara Faughnan, a professional freelance textile designer and quilter from Oakland, will be our featured speaker at our September meeting.  In her presentation, “Design and Color,” Tara will discuss different design approaches and delve into the importance of how color and value can tell a story.  She draws inspiration from the simple bold geometry of antique quilts, the gorgeous bright colors from textiles around the world, and the spontaneity found in unconventional pieced quilts.  

Quilt by Tara Faughnan

Check out her website www.terrafaughnan.com to see her work.


Sarah Goer

Rules and Options of Planned Improv Piecing

Monday, August 10th – 7:00 pm

Sarah Goer

Sarah Goer, is a modern quilter and teacher from San Jose. She loves bold color and enjoys the geometry and math of quilting.Her quilt patterns are less about following a precise pattern and and more about learning to improvise.  In her presentation, “Rules and Options of Planned Improv Piecing,” she’ll show how she uses her planning nature to develop rules for herself, which drive her Planned Improv quilt design work.

Learn more about Sarah.

Improv Piecing

Mac McNamara

The Traditional Way and Mac’s Way

Monday, July 13th – 7:00 pm

Mac McNamara

Enjoy a mini-workshop from President Mac McNamara. He is going to demonstrate the traditional construction of several blocks and then his interpretations of how those blocks could be reconstructed. It should be a fun evening that will stretch boundaries and get our creative juices churning.

Learn more about Mac.

Double Wedding Ring 8

Japan Group

A Trip to Japan with Friends

Monday, June 8th – 7:00 pm

Shauna Moulton

Helen Klee

Ellen McCarthy

Ruth Smith

Join our four intrepid PVQA quilters — Helen Klee, Ellen McCarthy, Shauna Moulton, and Ruth Smith — who traveled with Okan Arts on their Japanese Quilt Festival and Textile Tour in January and February this year. They will take us on a virtual tour of highlights from their time in Tokyo and Kyoto, from the Tokyo Dome to various textile dyeing workshops to splendid temples & gardens. See you then!

Shop in Tokyo

Christine Barnes and Heidi EmmettKaffe Fasset

Monday, March 9 – 7 pm

A Kaffe Fassett Extravaganza

Join Heidi Emmett and Christine Barnes for their aptly titled, fast-paced, fun-filled lecture on one of the biggest names in quiltmaking. Kaffe’s patterned, striped, and shot-cotton fabrics have been favorites with quilters for decades, but he’s just as famous for his knitting, needlepoint, and mosaics. Their program includes a short bio (he’s a fascinating artist), two brief video Christine Barnesinterviews in which he discusses his color philosophy and sources of inspiration, and a trunk show of their Heidi Emmettquilts and wearables made from his fabrics and yarns.

 


Timna TarrTimna Tarr

Monday, January 13 – 7 pm

Flying Colors

If you love fun, colorful quilts, this program is sure to delight! During this trunk show, Timna leads the audience down the path of her quilting journey. She talks about her design and color choices, as well as the personal stories behind the quilts.

She explains: “My work is about color and small compositions. Each block Roosterin a quilt is made as its own element, independent of the other blocks. After all of the blocks are constructed, my goal is to arrange the small compositions to play off each other and work together to create a larger whole. What keeps me engaged is watching how the project changes and transforms with the addition of each color and texture.“

The resulting quilts are contemporary works, set in this time and place, which reference the rich tradition of quilt making.

Learn more about Timna.


Mary Lou Weidman

Monday, November 11 – 7 pm

Out of the Box

Mary Lou will discusses how to get out, stretch, and stay out of the box. How to learn new things, go new directions and take the road less traveled.
How to get “Out of the Box”!

Learn more about Mary Lou.

Quilt by Mary Lou Weidman


Cindy MyersCindy Myers

Monday, October 14 – 7 pm

Coloring my Quilting World

 

Quilt by Cindy Myers

 

Join Cindy in her journey of how she picks out the colors and fabrics for her quilts. Cindy is a certified Judy Niemeyer instructor skilled in paper piecing and English paper piecing. She is also a vendor at PIQF so be sure to visit her booth a Couple of Old Boards.


Joe CunninghamJoe Cunningham

Monday, September 9 – 7 pm

Men and the Art of Quilt Making

Joe Cunningham began making quilts professionally in 1979, after a ten-year career as a musician in Michigan. Over the years his quilts have evolved into a unique, personal style. His quilts are in the permanent collections of museums, as well as in numerous private collections. Cunningham’s 11 books on quilts include the 2010 book “Men and the Art of Quiltmaking”. He has a regular column for the national magazine The Quilt Life and has appeared on many quilting shows on PBS and HGTV.

My Own FaultWhile quilting has been practiced almost exclusively by women, a few men have crept into the realm from time to time. This lecture tells why, and how, men have occasionally landed on the world of quilts. He will tell my own story and show his own quilts, while also providing some historical insight into this mystery. The lecture is illustrated with his own quilts and pictures of men and their quilts from his book, “Men and the Art of Quiltmaking.”

Learn more about Joe.


Sue Fox and Julia McCleodSue Fox and Julia McCleod

Monday, August 12 – 7 pm

Silk and Selvage: New Quilts from Rescued Materials

Blue CirclesA bit of history, a bit of inspiration, & a bit of step-by-step Show & Tell… Sue and Julia been making quilts from Silk and from Salvaged materials for quite some time now, and the end is definitely NOT in sight! Come see a variety of quilts that Sue Fox and Julia McLeod have been making, along with the themes and techniques they have been exploring, each in their own individual styles.

They will share why working with these particular materials is so exciting, and give you some encouragement to try using these unusual fabrics in YOUR quilts. BONUS: Get a virtual peek inside Their working studios and see how each of them develop their quilts—either with precision or with a certain amount of abandon. (with digital slides and a trunk show.

Learn more about Sue and Julia.


Dory Cary

Monday, June 10 – 7 pm

Lecture with Dory Cary of Orange Dot Quilts

ArabesqueOrange Dot Quilts was created in 2015 by Dory Cary, a Romanian-born engineer and designer who moved to the United States in 2001. She discovered quilting in 2006, made her first quilt and became an American citizen in 2008, and wrote her first pattern in 2013. She states: “Now I have more than 20 quilt and bag patterns and even more patterns are waiting to be created.Beads on a string I several notebooks filled with ideas and sketches waiting to be turned into quilts, bags, or something else altogether.  I love quilting for the creativity and freedom of expression it gives me, and I love the quilting community for the amazing generosity and sense of camaraderie. Sew much love!”

Learn more about Dory.


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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