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August 2024 Monday Muse
2024-08-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
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Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest!
Log-in details are sent via email to all Active PenWAG Members

September 2024 | Members Stash Exchange!
2024-09-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Saratoga Senior Center, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Members Stash Exchange

September 14, 2024:

10:00 noon PST
Saratoga Senior Center
19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070
(Park at Civic Center)

This is an IN-PERSON only event; free to all active PenWAG members.
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
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September 2024 Monday Muse
2024-09-16 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

October 2024 Webinar| Christine Barnes: Color Your Wearable Art (Zoom Only)
2024-10-12 10:30 - 12:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
October 2024 Webinar| Christine Barnes: Color Your Wearable Art (Zoom Only)
October 12, 10:30AM-noon, PDT
“Color theory” for wearable art? Sounds a bit academic, but there are classic color combination concepts that you can consciously apply to your fabric choices when planning a garment. The key is in the basics: how light or dark a color is (value), how warm or cool (visual temperature), and how bright or dull (intensity). And with the color wheel, an amazing tool for wearable artists and quilters alike, you will see new possibilities for creative color combinations. Of course, color usually involves pattern and texture, so we’ll include those de-sign elements in the conversation, too. Come see-and take the color challenge!
Christine’s quilting life began when she was eight or nine, making a doll quilt on her crank Singer sewing machine. She asked her grandmother what was inside a quilt, and she said “cotton.” Christine stuffed her little quilt with cotton balls—and wondered why it was lumpy! But she perse-vered and learned to sew clothing and more quilts. After college she worked at Sunset Publishing, wrote the book, Quilting, Patchwork & Appliqué, and other book chapters on color theory. Christine has spent many years teaching color theory to quilters and publishes a newsletter called Christine’s Color Connection

This is a Zoom Webinar simulcast, free to all active PenWAG members.
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
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October 2024 Monday Muse
2024-10-21 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

November 2024 Simulcast | Lorri Scott: My Designing Story
2024-11-09 10:30 - 12:00 | Saratoga Senior Center, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
November 2024 Simulcast | Lorri Scott: My Designing Story

November 9, 2024: 10:30-noon PST
Saratoga Senior Center
19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070
(Park at Civic Center)
Fiber artist and author Lorri Ann Scott magically transforms silk fabrics, ribbons
and garments into colorful and visually-striking works using shibori, resist, vat-dye
and dye-printing techniques. Lorri is a self-taught weaver, dyer and clothing
designer. In addition to her own book, Wayward Threads, her work has been
published in numerous juried shows and publications, including Altered Couture,
Quilting Arts, Spindle Shuttle & Dyepot and Belle Armoire Summer 2012,.
Lorri will bring some of her early handwoven/hand dyed garments and
accessories, talk about her dye work, and how she segued into creating upcycled
garments. She will also show some of the garments that she created for her book
“Wayward Threads: Techniques and Ideas for Upcycling Unloved or Discarded
Garment”.
Lorri’s latest work is focused on shibori, botanical, and rust dyeing. Her creations,
either made from dyed fabrics or discarded garments, are upcycled by
appliqueing dyed pieces onto them or overdyeing the garment itself. It’s been a
journey over many years, always exploring and
making new discoveries.
Lorri resides in the Santa Cruz Mountains outside Los Gatos, CA.
This is an hybrid seminar and Zoom simulcast, free to all active PenWAG members.
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
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November 2024 Monday Muse
2024-11-18 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

December 2024 Simulcast | Carol Ziogas: Stitching the Sky
2024-12-14 10:30 - 12:00 | Saratoga Senior Center, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
December 2024 Simulcast | Carol Ziogas: Stitching the Sky

Stitching the Sky – History of Sashiko in pre 20th century Japan
Carol Ziogas has been collecting vintage Japanese kimonos for more than 20 years ago. She enriched her knowledge with extensive research, learning the history, and developing a love of traditional Japanese stitching. Carol’s presentation will include a display of 19th and 20th century Japanese textiles including indigo, shibori, katazome, kimono, and sashiko pieces.
In Japan, sashiko stitching was first applied to clothing out of a practical need and would have been used to strengthen the homespun clothes of the time. Worn out clothes were pieced together to make new garments by using simple running stitches. After these garments wore out, they would been used to layer thin fabrics to create warmth, and, in the case of some garments such as the coats of firemen, to create a thick and absorbent material that would be soaked in water before carrying out duties as a fireman.
Carol lives in Alameda, CA and owns Kimonomomo, which specializes in new and vintage Japanese textiles and sashiko supplies, on Etsy.

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December 14, 2024: 10:30-noon PST
Saratoga Senior Center
19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070
(Park at Civic Center)
This is a hybrid seminar and Zoom simulcast, free to all active PenWAG members.
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
$10.00Read more

December 2024 Monday Muse
2024-12-16 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

January 2025 Webinar | Jaki Canterbury: Slow Fiber The Beginning (Zoom Only)
2025-01-11 10:30 - 12:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Jacki Canterbury Webinar Slow Fiber: The beginning

Using conceptual art to jump the divide from fast fashion to artfully living an authentic life in my closet.

Want to know something I think about a lot when I’m not sewing or running my business? How the emerging markets around the globe- India, China, Indochina, South and Central America and they’re growing middle class are are onboarding consumption habits like ours. I know that shopping equals environmental degradation. How selfish of me, right? Here in the west, we got our chance, they want theirs and while we’re thinking about how to undo 400 years of colonial, environmental rape in the US those places are ramping up their buying.
In 2017, being the intuitive, creative, self-employed, self-starter I am, I realized that there was a smoke screen in the fashion industry. It had me, hook line and sinker up until then too. I was going to really have to change my ways if I wanted to be part of a solution.

But what was the solution? Do you just stop buying clothes? Not likely. Do you only buy used? Not realistic. Share?…yuck. Do we make them? Well, we used to, but again, not realistic. This work-hard-play- hard-defend-your-American-productivity- to-the-end-world that we share with others is hard to change. I am part of that paradigm.
We are fiercely independent. We own our own everything. My art and my garment thinking have been intersecting ever since.

January 11, 2024: 10:30-noon PST PenWAG Zoom webinar This is a Zoom webinar, free to all active PenWAG members. Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs $10.00Read more

January 2025 Monday Muse
2025-01-20 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

February 2025 Simulcast | Jenny Ives (remote): No is not a word in my vocabulary, aka Creativity in Sewing
2025-02-08 10:30 - 12:00 | Campbell Community Center Multipurpose Room M50 (with Simulcast), 1 W Campbell Avenue, Campbell, 95008, United States
Jenny Ives (remote):
No is not a word in my vocabulary, aka Creativity in Sewing
February 8, 2025: 10:30-noon PST
Campbell Community Center Multipurpose room M50
Jenny Ives is a Costume designer out of Seattle, WA. She got started sewing as a small child, growing up in a sewing family it was in her blood. In high school, she found her love of vintage clothing. That was a pipeline to starting costuming in the theater and her ballet studio. She loved helping to create a beautiful world on the stage! She started doing cosplay in 2013, cosplay was a new way to build her creativity. She expanded her sewing techniques and was inspired by all the other creators. In 2015 she discovered her love for competing in Cosplay Contests. It lit a fire in her to try so many new things. Making friends with these competitors drove her to be her best, and drove her to challenge herself. She started making her designs of Superhero ballgowns. But designing was never enough. From there it was how to take things to the next level. What new skills could she learn? It started small, sewing in fairy lights to make something glow. Currently, she is making fully articulated wings. There is always a new way to draw her creativity forward.

This is an hybrid seminar and Zoom simulcast, free to all active PenWAG members. (Our speaker will be appearing remotely)
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
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February 2025 Monday Muse
2025-02-17 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest!
Log-in details are sent via email to all Active PenWAG Members

March 2025 Webinar | Karin Graves: Murmurations
2025-03-08 10:30 - 12:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Karen Graves Webinar: Murmurations
Murmurations – The dictionary defines this as
“a flock of starlings that fly in a coordinated, twisting, and swirling pattern”
Karin sees a similar movement in painting designs on fabric. Using pieces of previously painted
linen, she helps to tap into shapes and designs which will be assembled and then appliqued,
creating art objects that can be incorporated into a garment, or even done on a large scale for a
complete piece.
March 8, 2025 10:30AM-noon PST
PenWAG Online Zoom space
An online Zoom webinar, free to all active PenWAG members.
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
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March 2025 Monday Muse
2025-03-17 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

April 2025 Webinar | Pat Herkal: Beading on 3-Dimensional Cloth Figures
2025-04-12 10:30 - 12:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Pat Herkal: Beading on 3-Dimensional Cloth Figures
My first beadwork focused on jewelry and beading techniques. I then began working in 3D, creating pieced, embroidered and beaded vessels, then sculptural critters. I make lichen, a variety of ocean life, animals, and my favorite – birds. I have created a plethora of birds – real and from my imagination. I use photographs in books and magazines to create my patterns. MY work is made from silk or pages from discontinued upholstery sample books I layer fabric with thread, beads, trinkets, shells, stones and found objects

April 12, 2025: 10:30-noon PST
This is an online Zoom webinar, free to all active PenWAG members.
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
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April 2025 Monday Muse
2025-04-21 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

May 2025 Webinar (Zoom only)| Karen Lukacs
2025-05-10 10:30 - 12:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Karen Lukacs Seminar
This presentation shares over 25 years’ of Karen Lukacs’s work in transforming reclaimed garments into artisanal fashion: her journey, processes and inspiration.
May 10, 2025: 10:30-noon PST

This is an online Zoom webinar, free to all active PenWAG members.
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
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May 2025 Monday Muse
2025-05-19 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

June 2025 Simulcast | Lorraine Henry: You and Your Tape Measure -- Order Makes a Big Difference!
2025-06-14 10:30 - 12:00 | Campbell Community Center Roosevelt Room (Q80), 1 W Campbell Avenue, Campbell, CA, 95008, United States
Lorraine Henry: You and Your Tape Measure: Order Makes a Big Difference!
A demonstration on how to measure, where to measure and the importance of each measurement and how they all relate to each other.
Order makes a big difference!
Lorraine is a specialist in sewing , fitting and pattern alteration for Conselle Institute of Image Management. With a degree in Clothing and Textiles she has been a university instructor. Teaching pattern alteration and fit is her favorite thing to do. She has done this at national/international sewing shows for many years. Her Two Easy Measuring tape set has been an aid for achieving good fit for fashion sewers throughout the world. With 40 years experience as a custom dressmaker/tailor/teacher, she has a wealth of knowledge to share with you about sewing and fit.
June 14, 2024: 10:30-noon PST
Simulcast: Seminar plus Zoom
This is an hybrid seminar and Zoom simulcast, free to all active PenWAG members.
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
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Also: June Totebag Challenge Reveal!

June 2025 Monday Muse
2025-06-16 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

July 2025 Event | ARTWEAR: Illuminations
2025-07-19 11:00 - 14:00 | Saratoga Community Center, 19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, 95070, United States
ArtWear 2025:
Illuminations
A creative wearable art show extravaganza
Saturday July 19, 2025
Saratoga Community Center
19655 Allendale Avenue
Saratoga, 95070 United States
11:00 AM: Dining room (lunch) doors open.
12:30 PM: Runway show and Zoom simulcast begin
ArtWEAR: Illuminations — A PenWAG Members Fashion Showcase
This will include a Zoom simulcast

Are you a PenWAG member who would like to exhibit pieces in the show? Here’s the entry form!

Would you like a flyer you can share with friends? Download and print this 4-up ready to cut!
Want a single-page version to share online?

Prices:
In-person Lunch
Individual: $40.00Select Lunch Option...

Table of 8: Let me pick my guests' meals!

Virtual (Zoom): Members: Free
Non-members: $10.00Read more

This year’s menu offers your choice of 6 box lunch entrees from Mendocino Farms:

“Not So Fried” Chicken Sandwich
Chicken topped with Mendo’s krispies, herb aioli, mustard pickle slaw, tomatoes, pickled red onions (640 cal) on toasted ciabatta (260 cal) with a side of tangy mustard barbeque sauce (80 cal) or mustard pickle remoulade (120 cal)
Vegan Ban Mhi (VEGAN)
Organic marinated, baked tofu with vegan aioli, sweet chili sauce, pickled daikon & carrots, cucumbers, jalapeños, Thai basil, cilantro (390 cal) on panini-pressed ciabatta (260 cal)
The Farm Club
Roasted turkey breast, smashed avocado, applewood smoked bacon, herb aioli, tomatoes, mixed greens, pickled red onions (440 cal) on Mom’s seeded honey whole wheat (320 cal)
Avocado and Quinoa Superfood Ensalada (VEGETARIAN & GLUTEN FREE)
Avocado, roasted corn, black beans, jicama, grape tomatoes, red onions, quinoa & millet, superfood krunchies, kale, romaine, cilantro, cotija, chipotle vinaigrette (690 cal)
The Modern Caesar Salad (GLUTEN FREE)
curly kale, chopped romaine, housemade superfood krunchies, shaved parmesan cheese, red onions, grape tomatoes, avocado, lemon squeeze (290 cal) with classic Caesar dressing (340 cal)
Mama Chen’s Chinese Chicken Salad (CONTAINS NUTS)
Chicken, napa cabbage & kale slaw, carrots, bean sprouts, baby spinach, chopped romaine, scallions, cilantro, toasted cashews, crispy wontons (420 cal) with miso mustard sesame dressing (230 cal)

July 2025 Monday Muse
2025-07-21 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

August 2025: Dress A Girl Around The World : (Sewing for Others)
2025-08-09 10:00 - 15:00 | Saratoga Senior Center, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
DRESS A GIRL AROUND THE WORLD
A PenWAG Community Project

• Want to be a part of a fun super-easy charity project?
• Want one that doesn’t require you to haul a sewing machine or other large equipment?
• Want the opportunity to see and socialize with other members and friends?
• … and create something invaluable for girls all over the world?

DRESS A GIRL AROUND THE WORLD
is a project to gift a girl with a pretty new dress – maybe their first ever – and instill pride and confidence for that child to thrive. Thousands of dresses have been sent to over 80 countries.

EASY PEASY– Sewing machines, irons, will already be set up.
Just walk in, grab a kit with a precut
dress, and sew.
Take the opportunity to chat with your friends. Make new friends!

Our own Ronda Chaney has
made almost 100 dresses! She’s very passionate about creating these, knowing the difference they make
in the girls’ lives.
WATCH RONDA’S SHORT VIDEO INVITATION,

HOW TO PARTICIPATE – Click on this link to go to the signup form
Sign up form is just to get an estimate of materials we will provide. Bring your personal tools
(scissors, ripper, pins, etc, plus any odds & ends of laces and trims) and a sense of sharing and fun.

Saturday August 9
10am to 3pm – any hours in between
Saratoga Senior Center – 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga
(Oak Room, adjacent to the Senior Center where we usually meet)
N O N -M E M B E R S A R E W E LC O M E !

August 9, 2024: 10AM-3PM PDT
There will be also casual online Zoom connection available to all active PenWAG members.
There is NO COST to participate in this Sewing For Others project for members or guests, but we ask that you sign up in advance via this form!

August 2025 Monday Muse
2025-08-18 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

September 2025 Meeting | Stash Exchange!
2025-09-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Saratoga Senior Center, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
The Stash Exchange!

Our annual opportunity to reduce (or grow) your stash of materials and hobnob with fellow PenWAG members!
September 13, 2025: 10AM-noon PST
Saratoga Senior Center
This is an in-person event, free to all active PenWAG members.
(Open to the public at 11AM)
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
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September 2025 Monday Muse
2025-09-15 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

October 2025 Webinar | Carolyn Soto, Peter Anning and Judi Seip: Japanese Textiles, Culture, and Travel
2025-10-11 10:30 - 13:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Japanese textiles, culture and travels
A presentation featuring PenWAG members Carolyn Soto, Peter Anning and Judi Seip

note: Harriett Riddell has had to cancel her 2025 appearance. PenWAG intends to invite her again in the near future!
October 11, 2025: 10:30-noon PST
Online Zoom presentation
NOTE THAT THIS IS AN ONLINE ONLY MEETING, contrary to previous notes on this page.
This is a Zoom webinar, free to all active PenWAG members.
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
$10.00Read more

October 2025 Monday Muse
2025-10-20 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

November 2025 Simulcast | Pamela Schneider: Exploring Lagenlook
2025-11-08 10:30 - 13:00 | Saratoga Senior Center with Simulcast, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Pamela Schneider
Exploring Lagenlook: Developing your own layered Wardrobe
Pamela’s area of interest is the Lagen or Layered look, anywhere from the Bohemian voluminous, floating layers. to a more contained androgynous look, to the avant-garde look of designer Rundholz. Specifically, she has developed her own take on Lagenlook and created a wardrobe using patterns from Tina Givens and other independent pattern designers. Using one or a combination of layered looks, she encourages individuals to show up in the world as they wish to be seen — including integrating their personal fiber interests such as beading, weaving, stitching. upcycling, mending/boro, mark making, or other unique textile techniques into their created garments.
As part of the presentation Pamela will be doing a free motion applique demonstration.
This will be an extended program featuring some in-person “Look and Feel” time after the scheduled simulcast portion ends.
November 8, 2025: 10:30AM-1:00PM PST
This is an hybrid seminar and Zoom simulcast, free to all active PenWAG members.
Guests may join; a $10 contribution is requested to help defray our costs
$10.00Read more
