When: January 26, 2019 | 1-3 p.m.
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)

Mark your calendars! The Boise Modern Quilt Guild will be hosting our annual After-Holiday Party on January 26, from 1-3 p.m. Saturday’s festivities will include treats and our pillow cover swap!

Treats

Please bring a treat to share with the group.

Pillow Cover Swap

We are excited to see what kind of pillow covers everyone has made for their swap partner! If you are participating in the swap, please bring your completed, wrapped pillow cover on Saturday to exchange.

Sew and Share

If you were lucky enough to receive a handmade sewn or quilted gift this holiday season, or have a completed modern project, please bring it on Saturday.

2019 Dues

If you haven’t paid your 2019 dues, please go to the Boise Modern Quilt Guild Membership page and use the PayPal option to pay your $20 dues online. Or you may mail your $20 dues to Shelly Harshman at 1196 W Bear Track Drive, Meridian ID 83642. Checks should be made payable to Boise Modern Quilt Guild.

See you soon!

Check out what our members shared with us this month!

Members also voted on the 2019 Boise Modern Quilt Guild Board of Directors. The Board changed just a bit with a new Treasurer:

• President – Christy Foltz-Ahlrichs
• Vice President – Angela Bowman
• Secretary –Lindsie Bergevin
• Treasurer – Sally Bradley

When: Saturday, September 22, 1 pm – 4 pm
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)

This month we will be working on individual projects so bring your sewing machine and sewing/quilting projects to work on.

As always, please bring your completed modern projects to share with the group.

If you have them, it’s always a good idea to bring a power strip and/or small extension cord as well.

Not familiar with how our meetings work? We typically follow this format:

• Quick announcements
• Show and share
• Sewing on individual projects, and of course conversation (or tutorial/presentation if one is scheduled)

What a fantastic workshop by Sherri Lynn Wood! We loved her artistic guidance and the inspiring venue at Jack’s Urban Meeting Place. Enjoy the pics below, as well as this video compilation: Bias Strip Curve Improv by Sherri Lynn Wood hosted by the Boise Modern Quilt Guild.

Join us for our annual weekend of “no-host” modern quilting, being in the mountains, and enjoying all the natural beauty Stanley has to offer.

When: August 10-12 (You are welcome to arrive anytime after 3:30 p.m. Friday, August 10, and stay through 1 p.m. Sunday, August 12)

Where: Luther Heights Bible Camp – Stanley, Idaho (Location on Google Maps)

Cost: $100 per Boise MQG member | $120 non-members

• The retreat is limited to 25 attendees. After June 10 we will open the retreat to non-members.
• Meals are included (breakfast, lunch and dinner).
• Our guild will be quilting in the spacious lodge/dining hall.
• This will be a “no-host” retreat, meaning that everyone must bring their own projects to work on, sewing machines and necessary tools. We may plan a fun sewing related activity, but more on that later.
• We will bring some extension/power cords, but you may want to bring your own just in case.

Accommodations:

• Cabins with bunk beds – each cabin sleeps up to twelve people
• Each cabin has a bathroom.
• Please bring your own bedding (sleeping bag, foam pad, pillows, twin sheet, etc.), towels and toiletries, as well as any recreational gear. There will be hiking, swimming in Alturas Lake, etc. available if you want to enjoy the great outdoors.

A few things to note:

• We may be sharing the camp with another group, but other than at meal times, we should be to ourselves.
• It is Luther Height Bible Camp’s regular practice to have Christian grace before all meals.
• The Boise Modern Quilt Guild will not be arranging transportation. Please feel free to make carpool arrangements amongst yourselves.
• While adult beverages are allowed, the camp asks that all “exercise great discretion and prudence in this regard.”
• You may bring your own snacks/food.
• Sorry, no pets.

If this sounds too good to miss, sign up by June 10 by filling out this form. You may choose to mail us a check or pay via PayPal.

Read more about the Luther Heights Bible Camp: http://lutherheights.org/facilities.php

When: January 27, 2018 | 1-3 p.m.
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)

Mark your calendars! The Boise Modern Quilt Guild will be hosting our annual After-Holiday Party on January 27, from 1-3 p.m. Saturday’s festivities will include treats, door prizes and our zipper pouch swap!

Treats

Please bring a treat to share with the group.

Zipper Pouch Swap

We are excited to see what kind of pouches everyone has made for their swap partner! If you are participating in the swap, please bring your completed, wrapped zipper pouch on Saturday to exchange.

Sew and Share

If you were lucky enough to receive a handmade sewn or quilted gift this holiday season, or have a completed modern project, please bring it on Saturday.

See you soon!

When: December 2, 2017, 1-4 p.m.
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)

Yes, it is that time of year again! Since we are a non-profit we are required to hold an annual meeting to take care of a few quick – but important – items of business. We promise to make the business part go quick! Below is an outline of the meeting as well as some other announcements.

A few changes for your calendar:
We are combining our November and December meetings. Instead of meeting November 25 and December 23, we will meet December 2. Our annual after-holiday party will be January 27 at our regularly scheduled sew day.

Annual swap:
At our January after-holiday party we will exchange zipper pouches. We emailed members a form to fill out so swap partners can learn a bit more about each other’s likes and dislikes. The last day to complete the form is 12/2/17 and we will let you know who your swap partner is a day or two after that. Zip pouches will be exchanged at our After-Holiday party on 1/27/18. Need ideas for making a zip pouch? Visit our Zip Pouches Pinterest board.

December 2nd meeting

Business:

• Dues: If you are interested in being a member of the Boise Modern Quilt Guild in 2018, we’ll be processing memberships. If you’d like to take care of your membership beforehand, or if you can’t make it to the meeting, please go to the Boise Modern Quilt Guild Membership page and use the PayPal option to pay your $20 dues online. Or you may mail your $20 dues to Shelly Harshman at 1969 S Wilde Creek Way, Boise ID 83709. Checks should be made payable to Boise Modern Quilt Guild. Please have your dues in by December 2, 2017.
• Financials: We will review our financial information – where money was spent in 2017 and what we expect our expenses to be in 2018.
• Voting: We will vote on the Board of Directors. Our Board is currently comprised of: Christy Foltz-Ahlrichs, President; Angela Bowman, Vice President; Lindsie Bergevin, Secretary; Lori Wambolt, Treasurer.
  • A few rules about the vote:
    • At the meeting any member in good standing may nominate another person to the board with the second of another member.
    • To be qualified as an elected officer, a member must be in good standing, and have been active in the Guild for at least one year (with exception for the founding officers).
    • Renewing and new members are allowed to vote.
    • A member does not have to be present to be on the ballot, but you must be at the meeting to vote.
    • See Position Descriptions of Board Members for more information.

Fun:

• • Learn about some of the activities that are planned for 2018.
  • As always, bring a project to work on and your modern projects to show off!