Visitors to the annual Pajaro Valley Quilt Association’s show take in the bounty of over 300 quilts at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds Saturday. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian)

The annual Pajaro Valley Quilt Association is showcasing over 300 quilts at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds this weekend. With the theme of, “It’s Hip to Be Square,” the huge variety of homemade quilts, from machine to hand-sewn, from small to huge, from black and white to a full color spectrum, continues Sunday from 10am to 4pm. 

This quilt, a memorial to Mickey Beebe, was pierced/sewn by Mickey Beebe, hand quilted by Georgia Randle and machine quilted by Mary Lundberg. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian)

 The featured guest is Thom Aiken, known for his beaded quilts and tapestries. He has been working with beads for around thirty years. Starting with jewelry and then bead embroidery he graduated to bead embellished quilts. 

 This close up photo shows a detail of the memorial  quilt for Mickey Beebe, titled “Pennsylvanian Star of Bethlehem.” (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian)

The show includes demonstrations, bead turning, and a “wearables walkabout” mini fashion show as well as vendors and the Annual Art Auction on Sunday. 

The show is at the fairgrounds, 2601 East Lake Avenue, Watsonville.

Admission: $15 General. For information, workshops, membership and more, call 808.446.1328 or visit pvqu.org.

SEWN UP These women check out the quilt show Saturday. (Tarmo Hannula/The Pajaronian)

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PVQA features year-round workshops and and meetings in person and virtual; Upcoming events include:

  • In-Person general meeting with speaker, Mel Beach. June 10, 7pm
  • Workshop/Block print and play, June 15
  • In-Person general meeting, PVQA flea market, 7pm
  • Technique workshops, July 14
  • In-Person general meeting; speaker, Jane Haworth; fabric collage, 7pm
  • Workshop, cats and dogs fabric collage.
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Tarmo Hannula has been the lead photographer with The Pajaronian newspaper in Watsonville since 1997. More recently Good Times & Press Banner. He also reports on a wide range of topics, including police, fire, environment, schools, the arts and events. A fifth generation Californian, Tarmo was born in the Mother Lode of the Sierra (Columbia) and has lived in Santa Cruz County since the late 1970s. He earned a BA from UC Santa Cruz and has traveled to 33 countries.

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