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October 2026 Monday Muse
2026-10-19 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest!
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November 14, 2026: Linda Schmidt Simulcast Program: Flamboyancy Rising
2026-11-14 10:30 - 12:00 | Saratoga Senior Center with Simulcast, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Linda Schmidt Simulcast Program: Flamboyancy Rising Fashion Show
Linda will bring 20 or more complete ensembles, which range from casual to formal, funky to elegant, and are truly art to wear. My philosophy about garments is that the garment should reflect your own personality, be comfortable, be washable, and truly wearable, no matter your size or shape. In the immortal words of Rachel Kinsey Clark – If you’ve got it, DECORATE it!
If you’d like to volunteer to model some of these garments, please let Judi Seip, PenWAG’s Program Chair, know! (programs@penwag.org). Otherwise, we’ll just pull them off the coat rack and show them that way.
www.ShortAttentionSpanQuilting.com
BIOGRAPHY:
Linda Schmidt started making her first quilt at the age of 8, and has made most of her own clothes since she was 12. She comes from a long line of quilting women and still uses some elements of traditional quilting, but most of her work involves art quilts, wearable art, portraits and landscapes.
Linda has won over 300 ribbons and prizes at textile and quilt shows (including participating at a PenWAG ArtWear show); and has taught, spoken, judged quilts and garments and exhibited nationally and internationally since 1990. She has had many of her quilts published in magazines & books, has taught online classes since 1993 for QuiltUniversity and The Academy of Quilting.com, and was chosen as Quilter of the Year by the Professional Quilter Magazine in 2003.
She is also a 4-time Fairfield and Bernina fashion designer, writer, & musician, and retired from her 26-year position at the City of Dublin in 2017. She has three children, three guitars, three flutes, one piano, 5 million beads, one husband, a suddenly useful BA in French, and a 5-bedroom house she cleans herself. She gardens, cooks, does Zumba three times a week, and writes good music and bad poetry in her spare time.
She has come here with garments to show and stories to tell, so let’s get to it!
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December 12, 2026 | Carol Ziogas Simulcast Program: The Layering & Meaning of Japanese Kimonos
2026-12-12 10:30 - 12:00 | Maker Nexus, 1330 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, CA, 94089, United States
Carol Ziogas, Kimonomomo
Subtle Arts: The Layering & Meaning of Japanese Kimonos
What makes a kimono formal? What can sleeves tell us about the wearer? How many layers are there?! Explore the significance of details in kimono design and how they influence modern styles in both Eastern and Western clothing today through Carol’s collection of 19th and 20th century kimono and related garments.

Kimono generally means “something worn”, but within that meaning there are many variations. Such a garment can tell you from a glance the gender, marital status, social standing, interests, and wealth of the wearer, as well as the season, location, and event for which they might be wearing that particular kimono. From a tattered Buddhist pilgrim’s coat to the formal dress of a young city socialite, kimono speak a language that has stood for centuries in Japan, and continues to evolve today. Each layer within a kimono ensemble serves a purpose, and nothing goes to waste. Explore a selection of these pieces including fine silks, cotton, and bast fibers native to Japan, and broaden your understanding of how this classic garment can teach us more about Japanese art, history, and culture from a very human perspective.
www.kimonomomo-shop.com
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2030-01-21 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
