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November 2024 Simulcast | Lorri Scott: My Designing Story
2024-11-09 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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 9 Workshop | Lorri Scott: Rust Dyeing Scarf Workshop
2024-11-09 13:00 - 16:00 | Saratoga Senior Center, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Lorri Scott: Stitched and Rust Dyed Scarves (IN-PERSON ONLY)

Saratoga Senior Center
19655 Allendale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070
(Park at Civic Center)

Rust Dyeing Scarf Workshop
Rust is another name for iron oxide, which occurs when iron or an alloy that contains iron, like steel, is exposed to oxygen and moisture for a period of time. In this mini workshop we will take small pre-rusted metal pieces and dye print onto ribbon, vintage Quaker lace pieces and fabric strips using electric steamers. The pieces we create will be used to embellish hand dyed or natural un-dyed scarves.
While our fabric pieces are being steamed I will talk about other rust dyeing techniques, how to rust metal and demo them for you.
When the rust dyed fabrics are ready we will wash and rinse them, then dry them with either a heat tool and by ironing.
There is a kit fee of $25. Each student will get a pre-dyed or natural silk scarf length fabric (your choice) to applique the rust dyed pieces onto using hand stitching.
There is a limit of 15 students for this workshop!
Supplies to bring:

Scissors
I will provide disposable aprons and gloves, if you want different then you should bring them
Straight pins to attach fabrics pieces onto the scarf length or temporary glue stick
Other embellishments you might want to add to scarf, buttons, ribbon, etc.
Embroidery threads and needles

Price $65 ($45 for PenWAG members) plus $25 kit fee to pay at workshop
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November 2024 Monday Muse
2024-11-18 19:00 - 20:30 | 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

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
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December 14 Workshop (in-person)| Carol Ziogas: Hitomezashi Sashiko
2024-12-14 13:00 - 16:00 | Saratoga Senior Center, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
December 14 Workshop | Carol Ziogas: Hitomezashi Sashiko

December 14 Workshop | Carol Ziogas: Hitomezashi Sashiko
Hitomezashi sashiko- Learning to draft traditional “one stitch” patterns onto fabric to make garments.
Sashiko patterns can be categorized into 2 distinct styles of stitches: Hitomezashi, or one-stitch, and Moyozashi, or patterned stitch. Hitomezashi is typically used for straight lines and angular shapes, where stitches meet or cross. Moyozashi patterns feature curved or straight lines and the stitches never meet or cross.
Students will be making something similar to the pictures, but not copying Carol’s work so your piece may look different.
Class limit – 20 participants- in person only
Price: $65 ($45 for PenWAG members)
Supply kits for class will be available for purchase at the workshop. $25
Extra supplies to bring to class:

a ruler (12″ long is fine, nothing too big)
blue painters tape
pins (optional)
notebook and pen/pencil for notes
1/4″ graph paper – some is included in the kit, but it’s good to have extra
fabric marking pen is optional. Carol will teach how to use different marking tools
scissors

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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 Online Workshop | Jaki Canterbury: Sew-in with Jaki
2025-01-11 13:30 - 16:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Jaki Canterbury: Sew-in with Jaki“patch kit” for your jeans
An online workshop via Zoom (will be recorded)Jaki will work over a pair of jeans with you, using her Patch Kit concept. Jaki will demonstrate how she gets inside and how she makes design decisions. Everyone is encouraged to follow along with either Jaki’s Patch Kit or a project of your own.
You an purchase Jaki’s Patch Kit from the Slow Fiber website at https://www.slowfiber.com/product/patch-kit-patching-your-jeans-is-so-fun-upcycled-off-cuts-vintage-scaps/134
$65/$45 members
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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 Workshop | Kevin Roche: Lights, Fabric, Action!
2025-02-08 13:30 - 16:30 | Saratoga Senior Center, 19655 Allendale Ave, Saratoga, CA, 95070, United States
Kevin Roche: Lights, Fabric, Action!

Add lighting accents to your work
An in-person workshop plus simulcast (will be recorded)
An introduction to adding illumination and animation to your projects.
The options for adding light and animation to wearables and accessories have multiplied incredibly over the last decade. I will begin with a brief overview of the types of illumination one can add to a project, with some notes on pros and cons for each.
The rest of the workshop will focus on a simple hands-on illumination project, adding flexible LED strip lighting to a garment, hat, or other project.
Pre-assembled kits will be available for advance order only, and a parts shopping list and assembly instructions will be provided for students willing to solder their own.
What to bring:

Your favorite hand-sewing needle(s) and thread: invisible, white or black as appropriate
an item to embellish with a ribbon of light: a hat, basket, jacket, or something elsenote that the light strips are slightly springy, so a project made of very lightweight fabric may pose challenges.

Lighting kit options for the workshop:
Pre-assembled LED strip kits will be available at a kit charge of $30, payable at the workshop.Note: It will not be possible to mail out kits to remote attendees. Please use the “No Kit Wanted” option when signing up.Each Kit will include 1/2 meter (~20″) of one of two styles of glowing LED strip: Ribbon style, which looks like a 3/8″ wide glowing ribbon when switched on, or Piping style, which is a 3/8″ wide strip which glows along one edge, more like piping or neon.The kit will be pre-soldered with about 3 feet of cable ending in a USB-A style plug you can use with almost any USB power pack or charger.Please indicate your preference for the kit style before adding the workshop to your cart. Kit fees are to be paid to the instructor at the workshop.Orders placed after Jan 7 Jan 12 or with no preference will be built from available inventory, and will probably be cool-white ribbon style.NOTE: Extended to Jan 12!
Ribbon style LED strip
As you can see in the illustration, this kind of strip is flat and lights up across its width like a glowing ribbon

Piping style LED strip
This kind of strip is the same width, but most of the light comes out of one edge of the strip. This is more like piping, and can be tucked into a fold to create the effect of a thin neon tube. Note that you cannot stitch through the strip like actual piping. It must be tucked into a fold or between layers of fabric so just the edge is exposed if you wish to hide the wider portion.

Location Saratoga Senior Center
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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 online Workshop | Karin Graves: Murmurations Made Beautiful
2025-03-08 13:30 - 16:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Karin Graves Workshop: Murmurations Made Beautiful
In this afternoon online workshop, you will be able to create your own murmuration. Using pieces of previously painted linen, Karin helps you visualize shapes and designs that you can develop, and then stitch in her special method.Using her two-way applique, you will stitch along painted lines to develop one cohesive design – a layered piece rich in texture, depth and weight, The resulting 2-sided piece, about 8.5 x 11in size, is awesome, resembling feathers on a bird, can be incorporated into a garment, or even done on a large scale for a complete piece.
A $20 kit with materials you will need must be ordered by Sat Feb 15!
WORKSHOP MATERIALS LIST:

Workshop kit ($20 kit with materials you will need must be ordered by Sat Feb 15.) Kit contains specially hand painted linen scraps that will be used for the applique secret stitching.Ordering information is below.
Your sketchbook and selection of soft mark making pencils, eraser and a large piece of graphite if you have it. No need to buy anything new. Please do not bring a tiny sketch book as you will need elbow grease. You’ll need 15 pages or so, and anything over 6 inches will work.
10 used magazines YOU LIKE–architecture, food, fashion, national geographic, ranger rick. All magazines will cut up.
transparent tape
masking tape
scissors for both paper and fabric
sewing pins
favorite hand sewing needle
SEWING MACHINE with white and black thread for both bobbin and spool.

TO ORDER KIT:

Register for the class here at www.penwag.org
Send an email to the presenter, Karin Graves, at k.steichengraves@gmail.com. She will respond to you promptly, so that you can arrange payment via Venmo or a check to her address in Oregon. She will mail your kit to you.

$65/$45 members
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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 Online Workshop | Karen Lukacs: The Alchemy of Remaking with Secondhand Materials
2025-05-10 13:30 - 16:30 | PenWAG Online Clubhouse
Karen Lukacs: The Alchemy of Remaking with Secondhand Materials
The workshop demystifies Karen’s creative process in transforming pre-loved garments and notions into couture-quality, one-of-a-kind works of art. It is an interactive zoom session where participants are encouraged to bring their questions and ideas on Reimagined Couture.
You will go through the process of transforming a simple denim jacket into your own signature statement garment – your modern heirloom. Karen shares design inspiration and technical tips from her experimentations in deconstructing denim and attaching layers. She demystifies the pattern process and easy ways to skillfully attach your embellishments.

By workshop’s end, you’ll know how to finish and care for your one-of-a-kind, transformed jacket.

MATERIALS LIST:

Unlined trucker jacket or similar garment from your wardrobe
Light weight 2-sided fusible web.

Recommended: Pellon #EZ2L212 EZ Steam II Lite Two-Sided Fusible Web.

Scissors both fabric and paper
Seam ripper
Pattern paper: any lightweight paper that you can lay onto the jacket and draw your

pattern. Waxed freezer paper works well.

Pencil/pen
Fabric glue
Pins substantial enough to go through the layers of fabric
Textile embellishments: this is an important part of the experience. Bring what catches

your fancy, what speaks to you and of you. Remnants, tee shirt graphics, trims,
stitchwork, beading, garments for lining…endless possibilities. Considering employing
your own handwork samples. Options are endless, but resources here are key.

Size #16 or denim needle and thread.

ABOUT KAREN LUKACS
Transforming reclaimed garments into limited edition collections of Artisanal Fashion

Karen Lukacs is a weaver, sewist, textile designer/maker with over 25 years of upcycling mastery. She elevates repurposing design to an art form, often using denim. Inspired by the processes of fabric disassembly and reconstruction, Karen’s artisanal fashion brings cast-off textiles back to life. From her studio in the Sonoran Desert, she advocates for design as a solution to the negative excesses of the ever-growing fast fashion model.

Driven by a hierarchical, zero-waste ethos, Karen begins her Denim Collection with one-of-a-kind jackets created from discarded denim jeans. Construction remnants are then collaged and transformed into bags and pillows using technical skills in tandem with artistry. Sweaters and upholstery remnants become sturdy totes. She sees her work as a transformation of the old to the making of modern heirlooms with new stories yet to unfold. An award-winning textile artist, Karen’s work has been published and exhibited in galleries. She shares her experience and inventiveness through workshops, lectures, and her studio production.
An virtual workshop via Zoom (will be recorded)

$65/$45 members
sold out.

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 Workshop | Lorraine Henry: Facts & Fun at Pattern Alteration Boot Camp
2025-06-14 13:30 - 16:30 | Campbell Community Center (E-42 Board Room), 1 W Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA, 95008, United States
Workshop: Lorraine Henry — Facts & Fun at Pattern Alteration Boot Camp
An in-person workshop; will be simulcast via Zoom (will be recorded)
A hands-on workshop. – Pattern Alteration Boot Camp where the participants will do alterations using half scale practice patterns for at least 5-6 different “Figure Variations” as we call them! We will cover variations like larger busts, prominent abdomens, rounded backs, long or short midriffs, larger buttocks,and as many as we can do in that time period!! They will learn a lot more about why an order is so essential for the best outcome.
There will be a $20 kit fee for the workshop for those in person attendees. It includes a binder, half-scale practice patterns and alteration backing paper, information sheets and page protectors.
Students should bring

Scissors to cut paper (small ones work best)
Scotch tape (removable works best!) It is in the blue box at office supply stores and at Walmart in the school section it may be called wall tape.
8×11 piece of cardboard or foam board (A little larger is fine) Should be able to stick pins into it!
A few straight pins
pencil
small ruler

If remote attendees want to participate in the pattern alterations, I could send you by email practice patterns that you could email to them so at least they could do some work.

$65/$45 members
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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
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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
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