The Pajaro Valley Quilt Association held its annual show over the weekend with more than 300 quilts on display at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.
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 spread out in three buildings.
The featured quilt was by Thom Aiken, known for his beaded quilts and tapestries. He has been working with beads for around 30 years. Starting with jewelry and then bead embroidery, he graduated to bead-embellished quilts.
The show included demonstrations, bead turning and a “wearables walkabout” mini fashion show as well as vendors and the Annual Art Auction.
For information, ongoing workshops, membership and more, call 808.446.1328 or visit pvqu.org.
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.
