{"id":7289,"date":"2025-10-01T12:47:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/?page_id=7289"},"modified":"2026-02-11T11:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:14:08","slug":"programs-workshops-draft-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/programs-workshops-draft-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs\/Workshops 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our guest speakers and workshops are now a mixture of in person or via Zoom.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visiting speaker programs are the second Saturday of the month at our Guild general meetings, either in person at Pleasanton Middle School or via Zoom. \u00a0They run from 1:30 pm &#8211; 4:00 pm, with the exception of December, which runs from 10 am &#8211; noon.<\/li>\n<li>Workshops are either in person at the Bothwell Art Center in Livermore or via Zoom on the Sunday that follows the general meeting and run from 10am \u2013 4pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><strong>Workshop registration and location information can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/program\/workshop-registration-2026\/\">Workshop Registration page<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programs For 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Date<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Program<\/strong><\/th><th>Lecture<\/th><th>Workshop<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Location<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>January 10, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/program\/january-2026-program\/\">Veruschka Zarate&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/td><td>Finding Pride and Joy in Quilting&nbsp;<\/td><td>Modern Foundation Paper Piecing<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">ZOOM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>February 14, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/program\/February-2026-program\/\">Birthday Celebration!<\/a><\/td><td>NA<\/td><td>NA<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">PMS*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>March 14, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/march-2026-program\/\">Arlene Arnold<\/a><\/td><td>The Journey \u2013 Kentucky to California 1864<\/td><td>Canceled<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">PMS*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>April 11, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/program\/april-2026-program\/\">Lisa Capen<\/a>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Documenting quilts and Creativity in Quilt Labeling<\/td><td>NA<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">ZOOM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May 9, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/may-2026-program\/\">Jean Wells<\/a><\/td><td>Inspired Designs<\/td><td>NA<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">ZOOM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>June 13, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/june-2026-program\/\">Becky Goldsmith<\/a><\/td><td>The Secret Lives of Threads and Needles<\/td><td>NA<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">ZOOM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>July 11, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/july-2026-program\/\">Michelle Trimble<\/a><\/td><td>Adventures in Improv<\/td><td>Stunning Improv Sunbursts<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">PMS*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>August 8, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/august-2026-program\/\">Jane Haworth<\/a><\/td><td>Fabric Collage \u2013 What it\u2019s All About<\/td><td>Rabbit and Lupines Fabric Collage<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">PMS*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>September 12, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/september-2026-program\/\">Patricia Belyea<\/a><\/td><td>Indigo Adventures in Japan<\/td><td>NA<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">ZOOM<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>October 10, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/program\/october-2026-program\/\">Yvonne Phoenicia<\/a><\/td><td>This is Me and My Quilts<\/td><td>Ombre Bargello<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">PMS*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>November 14, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/november-2026-program\/\">Sujata Shah<\/a><\/td><td>The Root Connection:&nbsp;My Journey as a Quilter<\/td><td>NA<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">PMS*<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>December 12, 2026<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/december-2026-program\/\">Holiday Brunch<\/a><\/td><td>NA<\/td><td>NA<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">PMS*\/PHES**<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>* PMS = Pleasanton Middle School<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>** PHES = Phoebe Hearst Elementary School<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Speakers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To view a list of speakers from previous years, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-admin\/member-info\/archives\">Member Archives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our guest speakers and workshops are now a mixture of in person or via Zoom. Visiting speaker programs are the second Saturday of the month at our Guild general meetings, either in person at Pleasanton Middle School or via Zoom. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/programs-workshops-draft-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":3907,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7289","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7289"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7499,"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7289\/revisions\/7499"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}