Participate in Block of the Month October BOM November BOM Two Blocks of the Month Introduced at the October 2026 Meeting Due by the November and December 2026 Meetings The pattern and directions are next to each photo. NOTE: BOM Blocks May Be Saved for New Orphan Blocks Grouping If a small number of blocks are received, these blocks will be saved in an "Orphan Blocks" group until more blocks are available for the drawing! Need a BOM Return Slip? Click here for a PDF of the return slip. Want more information on how Block of the Month works? Click here for a PDF explaining how the Block of the Month program works. Want to request a kit, or have questions? E mail the Block of the Month Chair(s) using the Member Roster or ask your question via this Contact Form. Block of the Month Questions First name* Last name Email* Write your message/questions here: Submit BOM Contact Form Last Month's BOM Block Due at the October, 2026 Meeting A Crumb Rainbow Thanks to everyone who participated.

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 Santa Cruz Vac & Sew Info for Santa Cruz Vac & Sew 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

General Meeting Information Scheduled Meetings Meetings are now available in a "hybrid" format, both in person and via Zoom. Meetings start at 7 pm unless otherwise noted. Information tables (Name Tag, Library, BOM, and so on) are usually available at 6:30 pm. November 9, 2026 - April Sproule - "Mixed Media Textile Art" - VIRTUAL MEETING December 14, 2026 - Traditional December Members Only Activity January 11, 2027 - Claudia Shearer February 8, 2027 - It's All About the Quilt Show!!! March 8, 2027 - TBD When: Second Monday of every month Start Time: Meeting starts promptly at 7:pm. (For in person meetings, pre-Meeting activities starting at 6:30 pm include information booths, sign-ups for activities, BOM booth, etc.) Location: In person meetings are at Temple Beth El. Activities: Speakers, Show-and-Tell, Guild Business. PVQA holds meetings both in person and via Zoom. This allows us to bring speakers from around the world to our meetings! If you are a non-PVQA member and wish to attend a Virtual General Meeting, please contact the Membership Chair using the Board Contact form on the Membership Page . Small Quilt Groups Small quilt groups continue to meet in 2025. The Small Quilt Groups provide an opportunity to gather with quilt friends and time to quilt. This is another benefit of being a member of PVQA. PVQA is a large organization, and Small Quilt Groups provide a great way to make quilting friends. Some groups meet in person and some via Zoom. If you’re not in a group, consider joining one. We have groups that welcome new members. Use the form below to contact the group coordinator to join. PVQA has many small groups that work to provide quilts and other services to the community. Looking for information about our Community Outreach Groups? Click Here! Small Quilt Groups Current Small Groups Accepting New Members Find a Small Group to Build Your Quilting Community SMALL QUILT GROUPS ACCEPTING NEW MEMBERS Meeting in Person: Designing Women - meets 2nd Friday from 10 am – 3 pm. Meets in Watsonville Material Girls - meets 1st Thursday from 1 pm – 4 pm. Meets in Westside Santa Cruz. We’re Not Finished - meets 3rd Thursday from 10 am - 2 pm. Meets in Aptos. Art Quilt Group - meets 3rd Friday from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Meets in Watsonville in person and on Zoom. Meeting on Zoom: Drop-in Group - meets weekly every Tuesday from 10 am – 2 pm. Sashiko Group - meets 4th Monday from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. The Tangled Thread Book Club Group - meets 1st Thursday from 11 am – 1 pm. Wearables Group -meets date and time TBD. Drop-in Group evenings - meets 3rd Wednesday from 6 - 8 pm. PVQA Members, if you wish to join a small group or get a link for one of the Drop In Groups, please use the form below to request a link. Get in Touch! Use the Form to Contact a Small Quilt Group Select Whom to Contact Submit Thanks for submitting! For Block of the Month Information Click Here!

Support PVQA With Your Donation What Do We Do? The 300 members of the Pajaro Valley Quilt Association (“PVQA” for short) share a love for making attractive and useful fabric art. Our guild has been an active and progressive voice in the art of quiltmaking for more than four decades. We deliver quilts to many local charities, including CASA, Jacob’s Heart, Salvation Army, Pajaro Valley Shelter, the veteran’s hospital, and Hospice of Santa Cruz County. Twelve thousand cloth masks sewn during the COVID-19 pandemic went to health care and essential workers and vulnerable populations. Nearly 2,000 quilts were given to survivors of the CZU lightning fires. Recently more than 100 quilts were made for young women attending a STEM camp at UC Santa Cruz. Quilts Ready for STEM Camp Attendees Come to the Santa Cruz County Fair to see our members demonstrating quilting. Attend our quilt show each February where we showcase our work and educate people about the art. Monthly meetings often feature well-known speakers who discuss various techniques, and usually offer workshops to teach new skills. How Can You Help? Financial donations and donations of quilting-related goods can help us continue our mission of encouraging the art of quiltmaking while supporting our community. You can donate to our general operations or direct your donation to one of our community outreach groups. PVQA is a 501(c)3 charity organization. Financial Donations Financial donations help us share our love of quilting while supporting our community. You can donate to our general fund by clicking on one of the buttons below. You can find out more about and direct your donation to one of our community outreach groups by clicking on the name of the group. You can also send a check to the address at the bottom of this page and indicate your group preference, if any, in the memo line. Allstar Quilters for Kids Apple Piecers Quilters for Hospice Quilt It Forward Santa Cruz County Here are some suggested amounts: $25 buys batting for a charity quilt $50 buys prizes for the kids I-Spy game at our quilt show $100 buys backing and binding fabric for two charity quilts $600 hires a guest speaker to present an educational quilting/textile lecture at our monthly PVQA meeting $750 pays for a professional to educate attendees at our annual quilt show about textile arts Or choose an amount that is right for you... Donate Now Donate $25 Donate $50 Donate $100 Use the above Donate button to choose a custom amount. Donations of Goods Donations of quilting, crafting and fiber arts related goods can be donated to our Bargain Garden. These goods are sold at meetings and our annual quilt show, or directed to one of the community outreach groups. To find out more about Bargain Garden, click here . Planned Giving We encourage planned giving. If you wish to include PVQA in your will or estate plan, please contact the PVQA President for more information using the Contact the President form on the Board Page.

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

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!

Register for Upcoming Workshops Early Bird Discount: Use coupon code EARLYBIRD during checkout for $5 off each ticket! Valid up to one month prior to the event. Free Learn to Quilt Workshop Sat, Oct 24 Santa Cruz Community Church More info Register for Class PVQA Workshop Policy (Revised August, 2018) General Information Profits from the PVQA annual quilt show combined with membership dues allow the Guild to offer members relatively low-cost workshops. However, space is limited (generally 15-20 participants) and workshop attendance is on a first-come, first-served basis. The Guild’s goal is to offer members unique opportunities to learn new techniques and improve their quilting skills with some of the top local and international quilters. Some workshops will emphasize learning new techniques and others will focus on a specific project that the instructor has designed. Workshops may last 1 or 2 days. Registration Information • Registration for specific workshops will open at the Guild general business meeting 3 months prior to the class. Following the business meeting, on-line or mail registration is available. • Payment in full is due at the time of registration • PVQA Membership must be current at the time of registration. Non-members will be placed on a waiting list. • Members of PVQA have registration priority. Non-members will be taken from the waiting list if there are no members on the waiting list. • Workshop supply lists will be provided to registered and wait listed students a minimum of 30 days prior to the workshop. • Workshop fees will be higher for non-members. • A materials/pattern/kit surcharge may be added at the instructor’s discretion and will be collected prior to the beginning of the workshop. • Participants are encouraged to arrive no later than 15 minutes but no more than 30 minutes prior to the start of the workshop Cancellations and Refunds • Full refunds will be provided for all workshops cancelled by the Guild. • Full refunds for other circumstances will be made if the workshop organizer is able to find another individual on the wait list to take the place of the original participant. The workshop organizer will fill open spots from the waiting list. • If a registered individual cancels and there are no entries on a waiting list, the registered individual has the option to find a replacement and request reimbursement from the replacement. The workshop organizer must be notified in advance of all changes. • No-shows will forfeit the workshop fee in its entirety. • If a member believes that a cancellation was caused by special circumstances that warrant a refund, they may bring the matter to the Board’s attention and request a refund.

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

Bargain Garden The PVQA Bargain Garden is part of a long tradition for quilt guilds across the United States. Members of the guild, and members of the community, donate quilting, sewing and craft fabric/supplies to the guild. Sometimes folks have cleaned out their sewing rooms. Sometimes heirs want to find a good home for quilting and sewing supplies that won’t be used by the family. PVQA sells these items to benefit the guild. Bargain Garden also provides an opportunity for quilters on a fixed income to find low-cost, quality fabric and supplies. Bargain Garden also provides some fabric to the other Community Outreach groups. The biggest Bargain Garden sale is at the annual Pajaro Valley Quilt Association Quilt Show in February of each year. Some items are sold at monthly meetings. Other items may be sold on eBay, or similar avenues. PVQA is a 501(c)3 charity! Your donation may be tax deductible. Sorry, donations of magazines or binders of magazine pages cannot be accepted Please be considerate of our volunteers. Do not donate items with open/loose rotary or razor blades, unfinished garments with pins still in, loose pins and needles, and other unprotected sharp objects. Please pack those items in a way that is safe for volunteers. Have a question? Want to make a donation? Contact Bargain Garden Send us a message
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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!

Membership Information Membership in PVQA is open to anyone interested in quilts or quilting. Our Membership year runs from June 1 – May 31. We are a fun group with talents ranging from absolute beginners to award winning professionals. Meet creative people and expand your circle of friends. Membership in our guild comes with many advantages: professional guest speakers at monthly meetings; reduced price workshops given by well known quilting teachers; small interest groups that meet in person or via Zoom; opportunities to quilt with others; Block of the Month and much more. PVQA is an all-volunteer organization. As with all organizations, PVQA can use all the volunteer help it can get. It takes many volunteers to set up and staff our annual Quilt Show. Members are sought each year to serve as Board Members. Take a look at our Community Outreach pages to find out more about how our members work on special projects. Our volunteers are an invaluable resource. If you are interested in volunteering your time, please let us know. Thanks in advance for your help! Individual Membership is $45 Each Year and Includes: Admission to regular meetings Eligibility to take classes at the member rate Participation in Small Quilt Groups and Community Outreach Subscription to the monthly newsletter Merchant Affiliate Membership is $50 Each Year and Includes: Admission to regular meetings Listing on our website, and if desired, listing in our monthly newsletter and membership roster Affiliate Members may also purchase advertising space in our Newsletter New Members Please complete the Membership Form either online or by printing the form and sending a check to the address below. New members can also join at any in-person meeting. Just visit the Membership table before the meeting begins. PVQA Membership PO Box 1412 Aptos, CA 95001-1412 Current Members To renew your membership, please submit payment via PayPal or mail a check to the address above. Renewal dues can also be paid at any in-person meeting. Just visit the Membership table. Registration Online You can join or renew your membership online using the PayPal link above. Affiliate Membership: To become or renew a PVQA Affiliate Membership, please fill out the Affiliate Membership Form and pay your dues using the link above. Membership Card If you wish to have your membership card mailed, send a self addressed, stamped envelope to PVQA Membership, PO Box 1412, Aptos, CA, 95001. Membership cards will be available at any in-person meeting. Just visit the Membership table. Change Of Address Change of address notifications should be sent using the contact form on the Board page. Select Membership. Pay Your Dues Via PayPal Here: Affiliate - $50 Square Pay $50 with PayPal Pay $45 with PayPal Pay $45 with Credit Card via Square Square Pay $50 with Credit Card via Square Regular Member - $45 Still have Questions About Individual Membership? Contact the Membership Chair: Email Subject Your message Send Thanks for submitting your question. Question about becoming an Affiliate Business Member? Contact the Affiliates Chair: Email Subject Your message Send Thanks for your interest in becoming an Affiliate Member!