Featherweight Maintenance Class
Special Event

July 9 – 10am to 4pm

Dave Trebotich from Twice Nice

Bring your Featherweight and join Dave Trebotich from the “Twice Nice Sewing Machine Restoration” as he walks you through problem-solving and how to service and maintain your Featherweight Sewing Machine. In this 6-hour, hands-on class you will learn to inspect, adjust, and lubricate your machine. You will learn how to handle thread jams and about all those amazing parts and attachments. 

Workshop will be held at the Aptos Knoll Mobile Home Park, 600 Trout Gulch Rd, Aptos, CA 95003

Masks required

The cost for the workshop is $50

Click here for the Twice Nice Shoppe website

Conquer Your Fear of Sewing
Curves with Cosmos

Sunday March 13 – 10am to 4pm

Linda Sullivan

Liberated slash ‘n sew strips come together in a traditional drunkard’s path block to form the gorgeous, strippy, 22 inch diameter Comsos circle. This workshop is perfect for beginning or advanced students to learn fun, easy and wonky strip piecing while conquering their fear of sewing curves with Linda’s easy tips and tricks.

The cost for the workshop is $35 for PVQA members, $55 for non-members. 

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Panel Palooza

Saturday Jan 15 – 10am to 1pm and
Saturday Jan 22 – 10am to 1pm

Cyndi McChesney

Take that panel you fell in love with and turn it into something truly unique. Square up your selections, add interesting block treatments and borders and fill those pesky open spaces with patchwork or appliqué to create a really special quilt.

The cost for the workshop is $35 for PVQA members, $55 for non-members. 

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Artful Couching

November 13 – 10am to 1pm

Rachel Derstine

Learn the art of couching with yarns to create texture, flow and extra pizzazz. We will focus exclusively on mastering couching techniques. Students will bring a striped batik or gradient fabric or purchase the kit to make this 18ʺ x 45ʺ table runner size quilt. This class will show you the many ways to use couching for definition and sparkle, by incorporating a variety of cording, yarns and metallic threads in your work. Kit purchase optional – $30. PDF supply list will be provided prior to class.

The cost for the workshop is $35 for PVQA members, $55 for non-members. 

Learn more about Rachel