{"id":7359,"date":"2025-10-01T19:27:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T02:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/?page_id=7359"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:54:16","slug":"september-2026-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/september-2026-program\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2026 Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guest Speaker: <a href=\"https:\/\/okanarts.com\">Patricia Belyea<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lecture: Indigo Adventures in Japan<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Patricia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Patricia.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7362\" style=\"width:335px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Patricia.png 422w, https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Patricia-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Patricia-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Patricia-299x300.png 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Patricia is a&nbsp;&nbsp;creative quilt maker, speaker and teacher, Patricia co-owns Okan Arts with her daughter Victoria. The small family business hosts online quilting workshops and in-person retreats, and&nbsp;leads textile tours to Japan&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/okanarts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">okanarts.com<\/a>).&nbsp;Also, Patricia is the author of East-Meets-West Quilts \u2014 a book about making improv quilts with Japanese fabrics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Patricia as she takes us to Japan for insider experiences to meet indigo masters, visit dyeing studios, tour an indigo farm, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia finishes with a display of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/okanarts.com\/pages\/gallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her own quilts<\/a>, made with vintage Japanese cottons, and talks about how these special fabrics inspired her.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\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\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OkanArts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OkanArts.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7363\" style=\"width:571px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OkanArts.png 458w, https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OkanArts-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OkanArts-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No Workshop in September<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest Speaker: Patricia Belyea Lecture: Indigo Adventures in Japan Patricia is a&nbsp;&nbsp;creative quilt maker, speaker and teacher, Patricia co-owns Okan Arts with her daughter Victoria. The small family business hosts online quilting workshops and in-person retreats, and&nbsp;leads textile tours to &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/program\/september-2026-program\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":3907,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-7359","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7359","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=7359"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7412,"href":"https:\/\/www.amadorvalleyquilters.org\/Wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7359\/revisions\/7412"}],"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=7359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}