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
    • Call for Proposals 23-24 Opportunity Quilt
    • 2022 Opportunity Quilt
    • 2022 Featured Speaker
    • Merchant Mall
  • Outreach
    • Allstar Quilters for Kids
    • Apple Piecers
    • Quilters for Hospice
    • Quilts of Valor
    • Veterans Quilt Project
    • Completed-CZU Lightning Fire Quilts Project
    • Completed-PVQA Isolation Gown Project
    • Completed-PVQA Mask Project
  • Membership
  • Affiliates

Very Special Person Award Winners

The Very Special Person award is given annually to a member who has given notable service to the Guild.  The intention of the VSP Award is to honor members of the Guild who do things for the Guild, often quietly and behind the scenes, not recognized by thank you blocks or other forms of acknowledgement. The following Very Special People are one of the reasons the Guild is so special.

In 2021 our community continued to face challenges from the pandemic and members of our guild stepped up to meet them. In addition to the 2021 Very Special Person award given to Claire Witherspoon and Katie Woods, the guild wishes to recognize Kathleen Howard as a 2021 COVID Champion for stepping up and being our virtual quilt show chair, putting together our fabulous 2021 quilt show online when otherwise we would have had no quilt show at all.

Very Special Person Award Winners

YearVSP Winner
2021Claire Witherspoon and Katie Woods
2021COVID Champion: Kathleen Howard
2020Heidi Sandkuhle
2020 COVID Champions: Jeanne Holmes, Helen Klee, Lori Camner,
Kristie Shulman, Nancy Gonzalez-Caro
2019Doug Green
2018Alexa Bolas & Nadine Duerksen
2017Laura Barnett & Cara Lamb
2016Iris Frank & Jan Sturtevant
2015Rosa Kitchen
2014Alex Burke
2013Cathie Colson
2012Brenda Cornell
2011Sandy Helin
2010Kristie Shulman
2009Roz Di Natale
2008Diane Hoxeng
2007Nancy Goudarzi & Karen Phillippi
2006Lori Miner
2005Louise Goodenough
2004Janice Scharman
2003Laurie Brixner
2002Mike McNamara
2001Jean Prosser & Jan Martin
2000Mary Rose Hellenthal & Linda Long
1999Carolyn Miller
1998Joanne Allen
1997Rita Mockus
1996Shauna Moulton
1995Pam Crooks
1994Lois Bruce
1993Betty Sampson
1992Billie Street
1991Barbara Gilbert
1990Ardis Normanly & Nora Wilson
1989Agnes Edwards
1988Nina Miller
1987Janice Brown & Cleda Ross
1986Betty Whitman
1985Lavina Ferreira

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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