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November 2025 Simulcast | Pamela Schneider: Exploring Lagenlook
2025-11-08 10:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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
Our monthly just-for-fun Zoom schmoozefest!
Log-in details are sent via email to all Active PenWAG Members

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
Saratoga Senior Center
19655 Allendale Ave
Saratoga, CA 95070 United States
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 Program | Lynn Yuhr Zoom Webinar: Say Yes, and See What Happens!!
2026-01-10 10:30 - 12:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Lynn Yuhr Zoom Webinar: Say Yes, and See What Happens!!
Lynn Yuhr’s journey as a self-taught artist is as interesting as her creative jewelry. She often ignores boundaries and conventions, applying techniques from different mediums and utilizing unusual materials. Her intense curiosity to try new things often drives her direction. Overcoming obstacles in project construction is often her favorite part of the creative process. Her diverse experiences directly influenced her artistic life, where she has developed a playful yet distinctive style.
Polymer clay is the main material that Lynn uses in her art jewelry. Using a variety of other materials, she develops simple elements using mark making, textures, and sgraffito techniques, then she combines and layers them, sometimes adding some wire to provide a depth of interest and a tactile quality.
Lynn’s presentation will include her journey to find her own voice and the unexpected consequences of saying YES! The little and big steps along the way are equally important to move forward. She hopes to encourage others to say yes and move forward in their journey.
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January 2026 Monday Muse
2026-01-19 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

February 14 | Harriet Riddell -- Zoom Program and Demo: Travels Around the World with a Sewing Machine
2026-02-14 10:30 - 13:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Harriet Riddell Zoom Program: Travels Around the World with a Sewing Machine – Art as a Means of Communication
Demo: Live Stitchery Portrait of our member Kevin Roche
(Special extended program 10:30-1:00)
www.institchyou.com
Harriet has traveled extensively, taking with her a sewing machine and a table strapped to her back as she bicycles through groups of people. Typically, she will settle down within a local marketplace, set up her sewing machine, and create power through solar energy and by inviting villagers to pedal on her now-stationary bike in order to create power to use the sewing machine. She will then select a subject of which she will create a portrait. But this isn’t the usual charcoal sketching – the sketch is totally stitched on the sewing machine with no hard sketches preceding. As she stitches, she will carry on a conversation with her subject to draw out their interests which she will then incorporate into the stitching in some way. She also frequently “sketches” scenes along the way, such as a wedding, or fishing village, or an interesting local scene, all powered by a bicycle!
She will talk about her travel experiences, showing scenes and people along the way. This will be followed by her stitching of Kevin Roche live-over-Zoom from her home in London. All of this is pretty fascinating to watch! Some of her stitching is shown below. Note that this meeting is a little longer, extended to 1:00.

Originally Harriet was scheduled long ago to present last October. But a happy pregnancy ensued, with an expected delivery date just a few days prior to our PenWAG meeting. She offered to meet the original commitment – unbelievable! – but we agreed to reschedule. She is now the mother of two sons, 3 years old and miniature.
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February 2026 Monday Muse
2026-02-16 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

March 14 2026 | Mayumi Fujio: Simulcast Program: Natural Dye and Botanical Printing
2026-03-14 10:30 - 12:00 | Saratoga Senior Center with Simulcast, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Mayumi Fujio: Simulcast Program: Natural Dye and Botanical Printing
www.mayumix.com
Have you ever seen a stunning flower, vine, mushroom, or leaf in nature and wished you could capture its beauty in cloth, to wear or display at home? Join us for a talk and a demo with fiber artist Mayumi Fujio who lives in the Bay Area creating silk scarves, wall decorations, and art to wear garments using natural dye and real leaves to print their pattern.
Mayumi taps into the inspiration she gets from nature—she is always looking at flowers, mushrooms and plants wherever she goes. Her latest series is a combination of mushroom dye and botanical prints, and her art pieces are sold at the Seattle Art Museum, ACCI gallery in Berkeley and other prestigious art fairs around the Bay Area.
During this presentation, she will talk about natural dye using plants, mushroom and botanical printing.
Be sure to check out her in-person workshop in the afternoon!
Botanical Printing on Silk Scarf
Guest Registration: $10.00Add to cart

March 14 2026 | Mayumi Fujio: In-Person Workshop: Botanical Printing on Silk Scarf
2026-03-14 13:00 - 16:00 | Saratoga Senior Center with Simulcast, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Mayumi Fujio: Botanical Printing on Silk Scarf
(In-person only)
Mayumi will introduce botanical printing using fresh leaves and flowers along with minerals to transfer natural colors and shapes from plants onto fiber. This introductory class will give you an understanding of dye plants and deepen your relationship with nature. You will take home a beautiful, one-of-a-kind silk scarf dyed with fresh plants from the Bay Area.
www.mayumix.com
In-person workshop: $75.00Add to cart

March 2026 Monday Muse
2026-03-16 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

April 11 – Karen Miller Zoom Webinar: Katazome Then and Now
2026-04-11 10:30 - 12:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

April 11, 2026 | Karen Miller Zoom Workshop: Twist and Wrap Coat
2026-04-11 13:00 - 16:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
April 11 – Karen Miller Zoom Workshop: Twist and Wrap Coat

April 2026 Monday Muse
2026-04-20 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

May 9, 2026 | Judith Hollenberger Simulcast Program: History and Use of Ribbon
2026-05-09 10:30 - 12:00 | Saratoga Senior Center with Simulcast, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Judith Hollenberger Simulcast Program: History and Use of Ribbon
www.mayumix.com
Guest Registration:

May 9, 2026 | Judith Hollenberger Simulcast Hybrid Workshop: Ruffled Roses and Folded Leaves
2026-05-09 13:00 - 16:00 | Saratoga Senior Center with Simulcast, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Judith Hollenberger Simulcast Hybrid Workshop:
Ruffled Roses and Folded Leaves
Instagram: @liondefleur
In Person (includes Zoom Access:
Virtual (Zoom only):

May 2026 Monday Muse
2026-05-18 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

June 13, 2026 | Sara Eberhart Simulcast Program: Program: Cyanotype: A Blue View
2026-06-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Saratoga Senior Center with Simulcast, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Program: Cyanotype: A Blue View
www.sarakatestudio.com | Instagram: @sarakatestudio
Guest Registration: $10.00Add to cart

June 13, 2026 | Sara Eberhart Simulcast Hybrid Workshop: Botanical Cyanotype
2026-06-13 13:00 - 16:00 | Saratoga Senior Center with Simulcast, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Sara Eberhart Workshop: Botanical Cyanotype
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June 2026 Monday Muse
2026-06-15 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

July 11, 2026 Simulcast | Show and Tell Spectacular!
2026-07-11 10:30 - 12:00 | Saratoga Senior Center with Simulcast, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
July Simulcast: Member Show and Tell
July 11, 2026: 10:30-noon PST
Multipurpose Room M50
Campbell Community Center
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

July 2026 Monday Muse
2026-07-20 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

August 8, 2026: Dress A Girl Around The World : (Sewing for Others)
2026-08-08 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,

August 8, 2026: 10AM-3PM PDT
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!

August 2026 Monday Muse
2026-08-17 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

September 12, 2025 | In-Person Event: Stash Exchange!
2026-09-12 10:30 - 13:00 | 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 12, 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

September 2026 Monday Muse
2026-09-21 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

October 10, 2026 | Margaret Peot Zoom Webinar: Broadway & Beyond: Fabric Painting for the Theater
2026-10-10 10:30 - 12:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Margaret Peot
Zoom Webinar: Broadway & Beyond: Fabric Painting for the Theater

October 10, 2026 | Margaret Peot Zoom Workshop: Bling! Embellishment With Foil
2026-10-10 13:00 - 16:00 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Margaret Peot
Zoom Workshop: Bling! Embellishment With Foil
www.margaretpeot.com

Virtual (Zoom only):

October 2026 Monday Muse
2026-10-19 19:00 - 20:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse

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
www.ShortAttentionSpanQuilting.com
Guest Registration:
