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The 49th Annual PVQA Quilt Show For the Love of Quilts February 27 - 28, 2027 More information to come! Click here to learn more about our 2027 Featured Speaker, Linda Schmidt Need to contact the Quilt Show Team? Have a general question about the show? Click Here Have a question about entries? Click Here . Are you a Vendor with a question? Click Here. Want to get the latest information? Sign up below to get the latest information delivered right to your inbox! We're already planning! Come next time and enjoy the show! Want information about our next annual Quilt Show and Auction as soon as it is available? Join our mailing list! Email First name Last name Subscribe Your information will not be sold or used for outside promotion. Thanks for subscribing! Quilt Show Mailing List

Community Outreach Use the pull down menu at the top of the page, or the links below, to explore our community outreach groups. Allstar Quilters Apple Piecers Bargain Garden Quilters for Hospice Veterans Outreach Quilt It Forward Santa Cruz County Previous Outreach STEM Quilt Project CZU Lightning Fire Response COVID-19 Pandemic Response Get in Touch! Contact Outreach Groups ByUsing the Form Below US Mail may be sent to: PO Box 1412, Aptos, CA 95001 Choose a Group to Contact Submit Thanks for submitting! Anchor Comm Grps

PVQA Quilts for Veterans PVQA Quilts for Veterans Each year PVQA members make and deliver roughly 100 lap quilts to the VA Hospital in Palo Alto, to be distributed among the wounded soldiers who are recovering from various military conflicts. These men and women can be injured physically, mentally, emotionally, or all of the above. We are happy to report that the VA is once again accepting our quilts for their wounded soldiers. They need lap quilts, 36” x 48” (3 x 4 feet) due to many of the soldiers being wheelchair bound. If you choose to make a quilt for this cause, we ask that you honor these men and women with attractive, well-made, finished quilts (i.e., quilted and bound) appropriate for either gender. Give a quilt you can be proud of, and one the recipient can treasure and use for a long time. Get in Touch! Click Here to Contact PVQA Quilts for Veterans

We love our Affiliate Members! Many affiliates offer discounts or rewards programs to current PVQA members. Our current Affiliate Members are featured below, listed in alphabetical order. Click the box for more information and a link to the company’s website or other contact links. If you'd like your business to be featured here, learn how to become an Affiliate Member by visiting the Membership page of this website. Back Porch Fabrics 218 Grand Avenue Pacific Grove, CA 93950 telephone: 831-375-4453 Beverlys 100 Cotton Lane, Soquel, CA 95073 Family Threads Fabric and Notions Click on this box for a link to our website! Harts Fabric 1620 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062 KesonDesigns Keson Designs Machine Medics PO Box 605, Capitola, CA 95003 Contact us via email. Meandering Threads Longarm Quilting Minaret Designs Contact us through email. NOMI Fabrics Incorporated High Couture for the Home. Quasi Manufacturing Contact us via email through our website. Quilts & Things 16985 Monterey St #316, Morgan Hill, CA Viking Sewing Center 1232 Lincoln Avenue San Jose Click on this box for a link to our website! West Coast Wool We are an online store. Visit our website. Affiliate Members

Quilt It Forward Santa Cruz County The purpose of QIFSCC is to engage quilters in creating and donating quilts and pillowcases to support Santa Cruz County youth in foster care, at their adoption, and as they age out of foster care at age 21. Pillowcases are provided to Camp Opportunity, a summer camp for foster youth. For over a decade hundreds of quilts and pillowcases have been made for this purpose. In December 2025, Quilt It Forward Santa Cruz County (QIFSCC) became an official PVQA Outreach Group. Meetings are scheduled quarterly at Michaels on 3555 Clares Street off of 41 st Ave., alternating on Wednesday evenings 6 pm and Saturday mornings 11 am to build community. Quilters pick up and share quilt and pillowcase supplies, turn in completed ones and learn more about foster care. Creating is done on the quilter’s own time, pace and style. You make what you want and do not have to complete the whole quilt. We can provide support, backing, batting, labels, and long arm services. Foster youth have little to call their own. Imagine the joy of picking out your own quilt or pillowcase and the warmth, happiness and security that brings to a child. Because the youth demographics constantly change, please avoid baby themes, sports teams, holiday fabrics. Recommended Sizes: Youth 50 x 60 min., Teen 60 x 75 min., Aging Out of Foster Care 21 year old 75 x 90 min. Please join us in sharing your talents and compassion for our children and youth. We are open to anyone with our shared passion. Get in touch! Click here to contact Quilt It Forward SCC

Allstar Quilters for Kids Allstar Quilters for Kids was started in 2000 by a small group of quilters headed up by a dedicated group lead by Jan Martin. We started out at St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Scotts Valley, which had a former life as the Star Motel, hence our name. Over the years we outgrew that space and have moved to the community room of the Felton Fire Department. Trinity Church is our latest venue, where we meet to sew, socialize, organize and of course eat. We now number 25 quilters, with three very generous long arm quilters donating services to the cause. Our mission is to provide sturdy, colorful quilts to children in need within our county. To that end we have donated close to 2,000 quilts and counting. Some of the many agencies we donate to have included: CASA; Dominican Hospital NICU; Pregnancy Resource Center; Royal Family Camp for Kids; Jacob's Heart/Hearts and Hands Camp; Siena House; Jesus, Mary and Joseph Home and more. Historically, we have donated to New Horizons School, Beach Flats Community Center, Jacob’s Heart, Make a Wish. Their appreciation is what makes our work so rewarding. We have a whole binder of thank you notes and pictures. Allstar Quilters for Kids estimates that we use close to 500 yards of fabric a year, some of it donated by generous guild members. We use approximately 4 queen size rolls of batting per year. We raise funds by selling specially made quilts at the PVQA Quilt Show’s live auction. Every other year we have managed the silent auction in return for some of the proceeds, and we continually dip into our own stashes and pockets. We also donate a quilt each year to the guild as a thank you for all the support. Be sure to check out the display the combined PVQA outreach groups create each year at the Quilt Show. Delivering almost 2 dozen quilts to CASA We welcome any PVQA members to come sew, help or participate in any way you are able. We have several members who prefer to sew at home, some members who stitch bindings, some members who cannot attend but offer us fabric donations, block donations, even cash. All contributions are welcome and important. We meet the first and third Tuesday of every month at the Trinity Church, 420 Melrose Ave, Santa Cruz from 10 am to 3 pm. Get in Touch! Click Here to Contact Allstar Quilters

Quilt Show Shopping! We've Got It! The vendors are signed up and the booths are being assigned! If you want to do a little pre-shopping, or just get excited about what vendors will be there, we've got vendor information below. Some vendors don't have websites, but the ones that do have their website listed here. Booth locations will be announced in the final program. (in alphabetical order) Ashby Confections www.ashbyconfections.com Beautiful handmade chocolates and candies f eaturing locally sourced ingredients AzureBlue Textiles https://azurebluetextiles.com Woven by hand in Guatemala, r epurposed at home in San Francisco. I design and sew apparel and home goods highlighting the rich color and texture of repurposed Guatemalan skirt material. Beyond Interiors www.beyondinteriors.com Australian Aboriginal, Hawaiian, Japanese and Laurel Burch fabric By Hands https://www.byhandsusa.com Purse making supplies, leather purse handles, bag patterns, yarn-dyed fabrics California Jam Queen www.facebook.com/cajamqueen Jams, marmalades, scone Mixes, vegan instant hot cocoa and o ther yummies from my certified home kitchen The Curious Consortium www.pattiwellsonline.com Vintage Yukata cottons, vintage ethnic fabrics, Japanese inspired linen shirts and vests...plus accessories CW Farms www.cw-farms.com Focaccia bread, rosemary, pesto, herb, jalepeno cheese, g arlic cheese, cinnamon swirl Dancing Lady Quilts Quilts, runners, purses wallets, all items made of fabric Designers Needs Ninety amazing Dupioni silks, hand beaded jewelry, hand woven grass and leather woven purses Erik’s Deli eriksdelicafe.com Selection of sandwiches, salads and treats, d rinks, chips and coffee FABMO www.fabmo.org Rescuing designer samples, remnants, off-cuts, overruns, discarded or discontinued textiles and other creative materials that would otherwise wind up in the landfill. Global Marketplace Fair Trade www.globalmarketplace.net Fair trade handmade yarn, jewelry and crafts Hidden Fortress Coffee hiddenfortresscoffee.com Local coffee roaster Featuring hand crafted organic coffee beverages p lus a range of other non-caffeinated drinks, ice Cream, House baked pastries and breakfast sandwiches Kalimba Soundz & Baskets Hand Woven Baskets Imagination Unlimited Gold jewelry handcrafted on site Loveback Pillows lumbagopillow.com Handmade pillows with massage feature MAC Creations Seam rippers, crochet kits, pens, letter openers, y arn bowls, and hand turned bowls Meandering Threads Discounted fabric, notions, thread, kits and patterns Nomi Fabrics www.nomiinc.com Wholesale designer fabrics closing doors! A wide selection of hand painted silks, linens and velvets Also outdoor fabrics, y ardage and remnants at unbeatable prices One Woman Two Fires Upcycled, hand decorated jeans and shirts w ith international cloths and original poetry Quasi Mfg. www.dyannpaynovich.com Scarves, fines silver buttons, jewelry Quilt Capers Antique and vintage quilts The Quilted Otter quiltedottershop.com Precut batik fabrics, nautical and ocean prints, birds, and f abrics from famous makers Unique kits & patterns designed by us, many with an ocean theme, c urated packages of fabric Quilled Paper Treasures https://KCShepardArt.com Quilled paper/mixed media jewelry, f ramed art, and ornaments Quilts and Things www.quiltshopmorganhill.com Quilt fabrics, patterns and kits Quilts by Sheila Bags, purses, small quilted items, sewing machine cover, quilted boxes Reets Rags to Stiches http://www.reetsragstostitches.com/ Wool applique patterns Santa Cruz Textile Arts Guild santacruztextileartsguild.com Handwoven, felted, printed, knitted, hand-spun yarns Sarah Jean Makes www.sarahjeanmakes.com Sarah Jean Makes creates original quilt patterns inspired by the City of San Francisco and offers quilt shop quality fabrics and notions. Sedoo's Redos www.redo4u.com Upcycled clothing and accessories Stitches of Joy A variety of sewn items B ags, purses, wallets, backpacks, kitchen items, aprons, b aby quilts and lap quilts backed with minky Unicorn Woodworking https://www.facebook.com/Unicornwoodworkingstudio Handmade wooden items designed and made by me. Made from local and exotic woods--b owls, boxes and other functional items Village Sea Glass www.instagram.com/villageseaglass/ 100% wool beanies, alpaca dryer balls, f abric headbands and scrunchies, Ornaments with wood and beads and sea glass, s ea glass jewelry and air plant arrangements. I like to make many things! West Coast Wool www.westcoastwool.com Hand-dyed wool, embroidery threads, patterns, and kits

COVID-19 Pandemic Response Quilters Took Action! COVID-19 Masks COVID-19 Isolation Gowns (The mask and gown projects have ended) PVQA Mask Project PVQA 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 health care workers, essential workers, and vulnerable populations in Santa Cruz County. Since launching the mask project on March 29th, 2020, PVQA has donated over 12,000 masks to organizations in Santa Cruz County, including: Santa Cruz County Medical Society Salud Para La Gente Hospice of Santa Cruz County Housing Matters Senior Network Services Volunteer Center Sutter Maternity and Surgical Center Parents Center In-Home Supportive Services Community Action Board Santa Cruz Allergy/ Sutter Health Planned Parenthood Mar Monte Santa Cruz Veterinary General Practice Encompass Community Services California Department of Rehabilitation Santa Cruz Mutual Aid Family Services Agency of the Central Coast Native Indian Youth Leadership Project Pajaro Valley Prevention & Student Assistance Immigration Task Force of Monterey County Family and Children’s Services, Santa Cruz County 1,372 masks getting ready for packaging. We wish to thank Modern Handmade in Scotts Valley for the generous donation of fabric, as well as the many volunteers who have contributed their time, skills and materials to support this project. Our donated masks were sewn using cotton fabric, and were washable and reusable. We did not provide medical grade masks. We did not sell masks. Anchor 2 Anchor 10 Isolation Gown Project PVQA was asked by the Santa Cruz County Health Department and the County of Santa Cruz Office of Emergency Management to sew Isolation Gowns for them. Phase 1 consisted of making 150 gowns for the Santa Cruz County Health Department. Phase 2 consisted of making 260 gowns for the County of Santa Cruz Office of Emergency Management. Phase 1 The Santa Cruz County Health Department asked PVQA to sew 150 gowns. Each gown uses about 4 yards of fabric. They are not form fitting garments! The County ordered and paid for the fabric which came to 600 yards of poly/cotton blend. They also found a way to cut the fabric for us using a laser cutter normally used for sign making. PVQA members, Helen Klee and Lori Camner, agreed to organize this new request. More than 35 people signed up to sew the gowns. They delivered 153 gowns to the County Health Department in June, 2020. Officials from the County Health Department were thrilled. The gowns were distributed to various medical-related organizations. The photo at right is one of the grateful gown recipients who worked at Cabrillo in the dental hygiene lab. She gave the photo to a PVQA member, saying that she was so very grateful to have this gown. Click the link below to read the article from The Pajaronian: The Pajaronian – August 3rd Delivery of 260 Isolation Gowns on August 3rd Phase 2 Pajaro Valley Quilt Association made the local news on Monday, August 3rd, 2020, after delivering 260 isolation gowns to the County of Santa Cruz Office of Emergency Management. The story was carried by both the Santa Cruz Sentinel and The Pajaronian . In addition we were on the 5:00 News on KION TV! The project was started in July when 1440 Multiversity Conference Center in Scotts Valley donated hundreds of used linens to the County. David Harnish, from the County asked Helen Klee and Lori Camner if it was possible to sew gowns from this fabric. Ross Newport from Community Printers refurbished equipment in his shop and was able to cut the pattern into the five pieces necessary for each gown. Thirty-four members of our guild and ten people from the community volunteered to sew the pieces together. Helen and Lori made kits using the cut gown pieces, Velcro, ties, and elastic. We asked each person to sew 5 gowns and many people sewed more. Hats off to Pat Goulet who assembled over 20 gowns in this project alone. It was a true community spirited undertaking. The gowns will be distributed to many clinics and medical services agencies. We are proud of the involvement that this guild has been able to represent and accomplish. All part of our Mission Statement, and willingness to help out when asked. Bravo to all involved. Helen Klee and Lori Camner want to thank all that have been participants in our Isolation Gown project.

Want to be a Member of PVQA? Apply Here! PVQA Individual New Membership Application First Name Phone Last Name Email Street Address Region/State/Province Postal / Zip code City Payment PVQA Membership dues are $45 per year. Membership year is June 1-May 31. Dues may be paid by check or PayPal. Please select your payment option: I have paid my dues via PayPal. I will send a check. Make checks payable to PVQA and send to: Pajaro Valley Quilt Association, PO Box 1412, Aptos, CA 95001 For PayPal, use the PayPal link on the Membership page . You must complete the Captcha below before hitting the Apply Now button or the form will reset. Apply Now > Stay tuned for more information about the benefits of your membership! The Membership Chair will be in touch. If you wish to have your membership card mailed, send a self addressed, stamped envelope to PVQA Membership, PO Box 1412, Aptos, CA, 95001. The Pajaro Valley Quilt Association (PVQA) thanks you for becoming a Member!

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. Additionally, the Guild has, on occasion, chosen to recognize special achievements or contributions with an additional award. History of Very Special Person Award Winners 2025: Marnie Genes and Kristine Ebersole Special Recognition Award: Pam Rocco 2024: Helen Klee 2023: Leslie Botu 2022: Jane Nyberg and Kathleen Howard Special Recognition: Rachel Clark 2021: Claire Witherspoon and Katie Woods COVID Champion: Kathleen Howard 2020:Heidi Sandkuhle COVID Champions: Jeanne Holmes; Helen Klee; Lori Camner; Kristie Shulman; Nancy Gonzalez Caro 2019: Doug Green 2018: Alexa Bolas & Nadine Duerksen 2017: Laura Barnett & Cara Lamb 2016: Iris Frank & Jan Sturtevant 2015: Rosa Kitchen 2014: Alex Burke 2013: Cathie Colson 2012: Brenda Cornell 2011: Sandy Helin 2010: Kristie Shulman 2009: Roz Di Natale 2008: Diane Hoxeng 2007: Nancy Goudarzi & Karen Phillippi 2006: Lori Miner 2005: Louise Goodenough 2004: Janice Scharman 2003: Laurie Brixner 2002: Mike McNamara 2001: Jean Prosser & Jan Martin 2000: Mary Rose Hellenthal & Linda Long 1999: Carolyn Miller 1998: Joanne Allen 1997: Rita Mockus 1996: Shauna Moulton 1995: Pam Crooks 1994: Lois Bruce 1993: Betty Sampson 1992: Billie Street 1991: Barbara Gilbert 1990: Ardis Normanly & Nora Wilson 1989: Agnes Edwards 1988: Nina Miller 1987: Janice Brown & Cleda Ross 1986: Betty Whitman 1985: Lavina Ferreira

Want to be an Affiliate Member? Apply Here! Affiliate Member Application What do Affiliate Members get for their membership? Affiliate Members have their business contact information published in our monthly Newsletter (10 issues per year) and may purchase advertising space in our Newsletter (Newsletter contact on Board page ). Affiliate Members are also welcome to attend our regular monthly meetings. If you are interested in becoming an Affiliate Member, please complete the Affiliate Membership Application and follow instructions for payment. Affiliate Membership Application Business Name Renewal or New Member Renewal New Membership First Name Last Name Business Phone Business Email If your business does not have a physical location, please enter and address where we can send mail. Street Address City Region/State/Province Postal / Zip code Do you offer a discount for PVQA Guild Members? * Required Yes No If yes, what is the discount? Business Website URL How do you do business? * Required Retail Store (Brick & Mortar) Online/Internet Only Show Vendor Other Information you wish included on our website: * Required Business Name Business Address Business Phone Business Email Business Website URL May we list your name in thePVQA membership roster and Newsletter? * Required Yes No Briefly tell us about your business. Give us information that we can feature in our guild Newsletter and on your Affiliate listing on the PVQA website. (54 character limit) Upload an image file of your business logo that we can use on the website or in the Newsletter. If no logo is available at this time, you can email it later to the Web Manager using the contact box on the Board page of the website. Supported images are: JPG, PNG, GIF, JPEG, JPE, JFIF, BMP, HEIC, HEIF, TIFF, TIF, WEBP, JPEG 2000 . Upload File Upload supported file (Max 15MB) Payment PVQA Affiliate Membership dues are $50 per year . Membership year is June 1-May 31. Please select your payment option: PayPal Check Make checks payable to PVQA and send to: Pajaro Valley Quilt Association, PO Box 1412, Aptos, CA 95001 For PayPal, use the PayPal link on the Membership Page. You must complete the Captcha below before hitting the Apply Now button or the form will reset. Apply Now > The Pajaro Valley Quilt Association (PVQA) thanks youfor becoming an Affiliate Member.We wish you continued success in your business endeavors!