Conejo Valley Quilters Programs and Workshops
PROGRAMS
PLEASE NOTE DAY, TIME and LOCATION of our meetings
At this time, all in-person meetings will be held at the Thousand Oaks Library and are hybrid. Members can find the Zoom link any time in the "Members Only" pages of the Member Area section of the website. The day and time of in-person meetings can fluctuate depending on room availability, so please make note of this on your personal calendars.
In months when the room is not available, or when we have out of area speakers, our general meetings will be held virtually only in the evening of the third Monday of the month.
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Guests always welcome: $5 fee.
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NOTE TO OUR GUESTS: Please allow ample time for us to get you a link. Links are not sent automatically upon credit card payment.
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November and December 2024
Time to Celebrate with Family and Friends
Conejo Valley Quilters wishes all of our members, families, and friends, as well as all who visit our website, a wonderful holiday season. May you experience the beauty and peace of the season with all of your loved ones. Stay safe!
CVQ HOSTS LEILA GARDUNIA
VIA ZOOM
MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
5:30 Social Time
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Want to mix up your quilting style? In Modern Traditionalism, traditional blocks are used as inspiration for quilts with a modern esthetic. In this lecture, Leila will take different traditional quilt blocks and show how you can play with color, scale, alternate girds, minimalism, and more to achieve a modern look. Seeing the step-by-step design process will help you have the skills and confidence to design your own modern quilt.
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From Leila: "Hi, I’m Leila Gardunia. I’m a biologist by training, a mom, and a quilter. My favorite parts of quilting are planning, drafting, and picking out fabric. I love designing scrappy quilts and simple foundation paper-pieced patterns that quilters can be creative with.
When I'm not cutting up fabric and sewing it back together, you'll find me listening to audiobooks while cleaning and trying to convince my family that we really don't need to get a dog. Update: we have a new puppy…"
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"Traditional Blocks, Modern Quilts"
GUEST FEE: $5; deadline for online payment 12:00 Noon, January 20.
WORKSHOPS
Please check individual workshops for pricing.
MEL BEACH
Returns to CVQ
"Free Styling & Spiraling" Virtual Workshop
Saturday, January 11, 2025
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
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Mel Beach is an award-winning fiber/mixed-media artist who loves to create through play each and every day. Mel loves stretching her creativity through her completion of 100+ quilt challenges at the local and international levels, in addition to completing seven 100-Day Projects since 2020, each inspired by daily dice rolling.
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Mel Beach first came to Conejo Valley Quilters in October of 2020 as we were getting used to our "virtual environment." Students learned so much from Mel in her "Mod Molas and Bright Blooms" workshop, we are excited to see what else she has to offer!​​ She is passionate about teaching with a focus on machine quilting, modern improvisational design, and surface design.
Mel has lectured and taught for numerous quilt guilds around the world and at several large quilting venues including PIQF, Empty Spools Seminars, Road to California, and many more. You can learn more about Mel on her website https://melbeachquilts.com/.
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Mel's "Free Styling & Spiraling" workshop starts with square spirangles and experiment with different design options and construction techniques. These improv-pieced spiral designs are sure to mesmerize and energize!! Then we’ll explore new spirangle designs: rectangles, triangles, and other fun shapes…oh my!!
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Registration is now open.
Please note a $2 service fee will be added for all credit card payments. You will have the option to pay by check. Anyone wishing to pay by check will need to register HERE. Please mail your check to:
Conejo Valley Quilters​
1534 N. Moorpark Rd., #279
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360​
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Workshop fee for members if paying by mail: $50
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Member fee: $52 (when paying online - includes service fee)​
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Workshop fee for nonmembers if paying by mail: $60
Nonmember fee: $62 (when paying online - includes service fee)
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Conejo Valley Quilters Events
CONEJO VALLEY QUILTERS
TRASH TO TREASURE EVENT
SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2025
11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Thousand Oaks Grant R. Brimhall Library Marvin E. Smith Community Room
1401 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks Community Room
CVQ Past Events
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CONEJO VALLEY QUILTERS CELEBRATED
NATIONAL QUILTING MONTH MARCH 28, 2023
If you missed it or would like to see the quilts again, please visit our "Photo Gallery" page under General Meetings HERE to see our slide show. The show features pictures of our quilts plus a little CVQ and quilt history.
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"Meet the Board Members"
Trunk Show
The CVQ June general meeting included a trunk show which featured the creative journeys some of the board members. The slide presentation has been added to the "show and tell" part of our photo gallery HERE.
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"What to do with ALL of These Orphan Blocks!"
Alison Rowe's presentation is available
in the "Members Only" section.
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