July 2025 Event | ARTWEAR: Illuminations
2025-07-19 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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
Thought and speech bubbles
Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest!
Log-in details are sent via email to all Active PenWAG Members

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
Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest!
Log-in details are sent via email to all Active PenWAG Members

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
$10.00Add to cart

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
$10.00Add to cart

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
$10.00Add to cart

November 2025 Monday Muse
2025-11-17 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

December 2025 Simulcast | Paul Gallo: Homage to Iris Apfel, Indomitable Icon
2025-12-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Saratoga Senior Center, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
By MiamiFilmFestival – https://www.flickr.com/photos/55155430@N03/16733360409/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72608544
Paul Gallo: An Homage to Iris Apfel
Plus: Show us your Advance Style!
Penwag favorite Paul Gallo returns with a engaging retrospective on this fashionable icon.
Paul will give us a timeline of Iris’s Advance Style Development and then MC PenWAG members sharing their Advanced Style for Show and Tell.
December 13, 2025 10:30-noon PST
Location TBA
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
$10.00Add to cart

December 2025 Monday Muse
2025-12-15 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

January 2026 Monday Muse
2026-01-19 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

Monday Muse (template)
2030-01-21 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
