09/26/2026
Haute Couture Société’s next meeting is Saturday, October 3, 2026 at Seifert Community Center, 128 West Benjamin Holt Drive, Stockton, California in the multipurpose room. Social time starts at 9:30 am with the general meeting following at 10 am along with Show and Tell and our speaker starts at 11 am. Guests are always welcome.
Colleen Pelfrey is presenting “Life with a Border Around It.”
In her lecture and trunk show, Colleen shares an eclectic collection of quilts. A few made by her great grandmother, grandmother, and mom, along with her own quilting and designing journey. As she shares her quilts, she also shares stories about her quilts or stories that inspired her quilts. Chances are, you will leave with a smile on your face and you will have learned something. Don’t be surprised if she throws in a quilting song or two.
Colleen grew up in Northern California, attended college at UC Davis, and started teaching school as a 4th grade teacher in 1983. She retired in June of 2017. During 33 years teaching, she taught 2nd through 8th grades, and a variety of subjects. She finished her teaching career at the middle school level, teaching what she refers to as the fun stuff … math, art, drama and PE. She also taught dance to classroom teachers for the Northern California Art Project for 12 years. She has been sewing since she was in the eighth grade (she sewed dresses back when she used to wear dresses). Her mom was a charter member of the local quilt guild, and her sister also quilted, so it made sense to try quilting. She made her first quilt after her first year of college in 1976. She made her second quilt much later in 1990. When her two sons got older, she started playing with designing quilts, and creating with and on fabric. Just as much as she likes quilting, she likes telling the stories that go along with her quilts, hence the lecture title of “Life with a Border Around It”.
