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Programs
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Monterey Peninsula Quilters Guild has a General Meeting on the First Monday of the month (with a few holiday exceptions). From March through October there are in-person/hybrid at the Pacific Grove Community Center, 515 Junipero Street ( at 15th ST) in Pacific Grove and on ZOOM only in November, January and February. Our holiday party is in-person only in December.
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In-person meetings start with social time at 6:30pm followed by a lecture at 7pm.
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All members will receive a ZOOM link the day of meetings.
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Visitors are welcome at all of our meetings!
Winter Social
You’re invited to join us for our Holiday Quilters Tea (aka the Holiday Social) on SUNDAY, December 6, from 2 to 4pm.
Oldemeyer Center in Seaside 986 Hilby Avenue
Come to:
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meet representatives from the community groups that receive the quilts you make throughout the year
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bid on bountiful baskets and raise money to support our guild’s Grants Program that encourage educational and preservation programs aligned with MPQG goals
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enjoy yummy treats
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laugh with friends new and old.
It’s a Tea, so we encourage you to wear a hat or fascinator, holiday themed or not. Make a smallish basket to be raffled to raise dollar$ for our grants. Come prepared to buy raffle tickets Were you born in an EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR*? Please bring a savory finger-food dish to share; UNLESS your last name start with a D, E, S, R, or T, then please bring a dessert.
January 4, 2027 6:30
ZOOM
Katie Pasquini Masopust
Painting with Cloth
This slide lecture shows my development from early paintings through traditional quilts up to the present contemporary wall quilts. I will show early traditional quilts, Mandalas, Three dimensional quilts, Isometric quilt, Fractured Landscape quilts and my new Ghost layer + color washes. Includes: inspirations, funny stories, mistakes and foul-ups and design techniques, question and answer session to follow. 1 hour.
"ABSTRACT-A-LICIOUS"
An online workshop
Saturday, January 16th
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Lyric Kinard will be joining us via zoom from North Carolina to teach her wonderful class called "Abstract-a-licious". The class is about the freedom from pressure or the need to make it real. Removing fear and the need for perfection in order to enlarge the artists essential joy in creation.
Lyric is an artist, author, educator and a self-described instigator. She is on a mission to help her students gain confidence in their vision as an artist.
If you’ve looked with secret longing to the world of art quilts but don’t know where to start, this is the class for you. Lyric will gently guide you through concrete exercises designed to help you create ideas for original abstract quilts. Doodles will be scribbled, eyes and minds will be opened, and fun will be had. You will learn the basics of fused collage as you assemble your quilt top. Even students who have never created their own designs before will end the day with at least one small and uniquely original art quilt top.
February 1 6:30 pm
ZOOM
Jane Sassaman
Art and Ornamentation
Jane Sassaman leads a triple life as an artist, craftswoman and designer. The designer is a problem solver. The craftswoman manipulates materials with fine skill. An artist follows her heart. See some of the many quilts created by the collaboration of Jane’s head, heart and hands in this colorful presentation.
ZOOM WORKSHOP - Understanding the best threads for your project with Bob Purcell
Saturday, February 13th, 10 am
FREE
Become a thread master at Thread Mastery Institute (TMI). Bob Purcell draws on 28 years of thread experience and explains thread, needles, and tension in ways that really make sense. You will learn...
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Thread facts and fiction
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Biggest myths in the quilting world
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Thread types characteristics
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Thread weights explained
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Needles
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Tension settings
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Problem solving as well as Q & A
A link to the online workshop will be sent to all members a week before the workshop.
March 1
6:30 Social starts in person and on zoom. Lecture starts at 7 pm
Barbara Black
Time Management for Quilters
We all have the same 24 hours each day. Learn many tips to utilize your available time to get quilting things done. Rethink your sewing space, storage and files to make the most of the time you have. BY FAR, the most popular lecture I present.
April 5
6:30 Social in person and on Zoom. Lecture starts at 7 pm.
Wendy Matheson
Storm at Sea
How can traditional block patterns that are over a century old work with current fabrics and color combinations for a fresh new look? You’ll be amazed at how these versatile blocks can produce such a wide variety of unique quilt designs. Straight line piecing yields a vibrant feeling of movement and an optical illusion of curved lines. This 45-minute lecture is followed by a trunk show. (Because, of course, everyone wants to see actual quilts!)