Posts from the ‘Sew Days’ category
What a great sew day! This was our second spent working on the banner quilt we are preparing for the quilt show in September. Members not only made blocks on Saturday afternoon, but several brought additional contributions from home. Thanks to everyone’s enthusiasm and hard work we now have 66 blocks!
The Michael Miller Challenge fabric was distributed to members that had signed up for the challenge. I think we all agreed it is the best fabric so far. If you were unable to pick up your fabric at the meeting we will have it at the May Sew Day. Remember – the project completion date has been extended to July 25, giving everyone an extra month to create their project.
We also shared some our completed projects. It was great to see everyone’s creativity on display.
Join us on April 26 for our monthly Sew Day!
When: Saturday, April 26, 1pm – 4pm
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)
We have two things on the schedule:
- If you signed up for the Michael Miller Fabric Challenge you can pick up your fabric. Super cute fabric – we can’t wait to see what you create!
- Last month we made 32 blocks for our banner quilt. Half way there! Since we still need more, we are going to make more this month. See below for guidelines.
Banner Block Guidelines
- Size: 6. 5” unfinished
- Style: As long as it is modern, it is your choice. Check out our Pinterest board for ideas and tutorials.
- Color or fabric requirements: None – just keep it modern!
If you would rather sew on your own project, bring it! No matter what you work on, it promises to be a productive afternoon.
As always, please bring your completed projects to share with the group! Also, if you have them, it’s always a good idea to bring a power strip and/or small extension cord.
March’s Sew Day was a lot of fun! We had a longer session to sew and talk and share our projects. We had a brief update about this summer’s Bogus Basin Quilt Guild Quilt Show that we are invited as guest guild to. We hope to have a lot of submissions from our guild members. Our goal is to enter at least 50 quilts. Boise Modern Quilt Guild members are allowed to enter up to two quilts for free, for either judging or exhibit only. (Additional quilts are $3 each.) They have even created a new Modern quilt category this year! You can read more about the particulars on our Quilt Show FAQ page.
We had a handful of new faces join us and it was fun to meet and talk with everyone! We also built and gathered 32 blocks for our Guild’s banner quilt. We are half way to our goal of 64! If you have built more blocks to add to our stack, bring them to the April Sew Day. We’ll have a longer Sew Day that day as well, to build more banner blocks. We hope to start building the center part and arrange the quilt sometime in May.
Photos from the Boise Modern Quilt Guild March Sew Day show and tell
I am sorry I don’t remember everyone’s names! But the quilts were fabulous to see and get inspiration from. Thanks, everyone, for bringing your projects to share.
Stain-glass window pattern.
Pinwheel motif
Front of owl quilt
Back of owl quilt
Front of grandkid’s quilt
Back of grandkid’s quilt
She created this for a magazine’s fabric challenge using Downton Abbey fabric lines and won an award for it.
Table runner
Jacket with quilted labels and pockets.
Mystery quilt done with BBQG 2013 pattern.
Irish chain wedding quilt.
Kris’ latest quilt.
Back of quilt.
Join us on March 22 for our monthly Sew Day! This one is exciting – not only is it our first extended Sew Day, from 1 to 5 p.m., but we will be making blocks for our Boise Modern Quilt Guild banner. So bring your fabric, your block patterns and everything you need to sew.
When: Saturday, March 22, 1pm – 5pm
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)
Banner Block Guidelines
- Size: 6. 5” unfinished
- Style: As long as it is modern, it is your choice. Check out our Pinterest board for ideas and tutorials.
- Color or fabric requirements: None – just keep it modern!
If you would rather sew on your own project, bring it! No matter what you work on, it promises to be a productive afternoon.
As always, please bring your completed projects to share with the group! Also, if you have them, it’s always a good idea to bring a power strip and/or small extension cord.
There were lots of new faces at this meeting – we signed up 9 new members!
We began our Sew Day with Show and Tell. Here are some recent projects by our members, including a couple projects for the Riley Blake Fabric Challenge:
We talked about making a banner quilt. This will be a group effort, and we are so excited to get started. We’ll need a bunch of 6.5″ unfinished quilt blocks for this project, and we’re planning to have a block-making frenzy for next month’s sew day. Check out our Quilt Block Tutorials Pinterest board for tons of inspiring free tutorials. We made sure to put the block size on each pin!
Then we shared a couple of news items: the Michael Miller Fabric Challenge and 2015 QuiltCon. Exciting stuff, folks!
Lori Wambolt (our Treasurer) shared her experience from SewDown Portland, along with her “conversation” quilt block.
Lori showed examples of quilts that focused on composition and use of negative space. Then we made some quilt blocks along this theme, using this tutorial by Alissa Haight Carlton: This Way Quilt.
Join in the fun! We are looking forward to another Sew Day in our roomier space at the downtown Boise library. Last month was our first month at this location and everyone enjoyed having a bit more elbow room to work.
When: Saturday, February 22, 1pm – 3pm
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)
Our discussion topic for our February sew day will be composition and the use of negative space in a quilt.
We will be working through the recently posted tutorial on the Janome website by Alissa Haight Carlton, one of the founders of The Modern Quilt Guild.
“This Way Quilt” by Alissa Haight Carlton
Yes, the tutorial is for an entire quilt, however, we will start with the foundational block that the quilt builds upon. How much of the quilt you make after we make the very graphic, simple block will be up to you.This quilt does appear to be one that will come together quickly (once you tackle all the cutting!) and would be a great example of modern quilting to showcase in the upcoming BBQ 2014 quilt show.
For the foundational block, you will need the following materials:
Fabric A (Background Fabric)
- 1 – 3.5” x 3.5” square
- 2 – 2” x 2” squares
Fabric B
- 1 – 2” x 5” piece
- 1 – 3.5” x 2” piece
If you’re interested in completing more than the starting foundational block, here is the link to the tutorial that details remaining cutting instructions:
http://content.janome.com/index.cfm/ProjectCenter/Project_Detail/This_Way_Quilt
Additional supplies you may also want to bring:
- Cutting mat, ruler and rotary cutter
- Iron and small ironing board (if you have something portable)
- Sewing machine, thread, small scissors
- Power strip/surge protector if you have one
As always, be sure to bring your latest show and tell finished quilts for all to see! You are also welcome to bring your own project(s) to work on if this tutorial doesn’t peak your interest or you are focused on a current project and simply can’t tear yourself away from it to start something new. We look forward to seeing you for our February Sew Day.
UPDATE: If you are participating in the Riley Blake Fabric Challenge, bring your quilt. We’ll take photos of our entries.
We began our Sew Day with Show and Tell. Here are some recent projects by our members:
Christy showed examples of how modern fabrics and color can transform traditional blocks into something modern.
We began with some inspiring modern quilting found on our Pinterest board.
Some modern fabric lines we like!
We like to support our local quilt shops in Boise, but we also buy online. Here are some of our favorite online shops.
We worked through an online tutorial together to illustrate how tweaking the design of a traditional quilt block can make it modern. Here are some Modern Sawtooth Star quilt blocks we made from this tutorial.
Join us for our monthly Sew Day! We are meeting at a NEW LOCATION – the Boise Public Library on Capitol Blvd, in the Marion Bingham Room on the 3rd floor. Please note that we are meeting at an EARLIER TIME, for this month only.
When: Saturday, January 25, 11am – 1pm
Where: Boise Public Library, 715 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID (Marion Bingham Room on 3rd floor)
This is going to be an exciting year for the Boise Modern Quilt Guild! Over the next few months we will be exploring some of the different elements that make up modern quilting.
We will kick off the year at our January 25th Sew Day (note the different time and location) learning more about one of the components of modern quilting: reinterpreting traditional design with design and fabrics.
We will show examples of how modern fabrics and color can transform traditional blocks into something modern, and explore some of our favorite modern fabric lines and designers (and where to purchase that great fabric online!) We will also work through an online tutorial together to illustrate how tweaking the design of a traditional quilt block can make it modern.
Tutorial Supplies :: Modern Sawtooth Star from 42quilts.com
- Cutting mat, ruler and rotary cutter
- Iron and small ironing board (if you have something portable)
- Fabric
- Outside fabric – 2 pieces of 3”x5” and 1 piece cut 4”x4”
- Fabric for points – 4 pieces (same color, mix of colors, your call) at least 3.5” wide and about 10” long
- Center fabric – 5” or larger square
- Sewing machine, thread, etc.
- Also – bring a power strip/surge protector if you have one.
Below is an example of the modern Sawtooth Star. Everyone’s will turn out different!
Hope you join us!
As always, bring completed projects for Show & Tell.
We had a lot of fun at our after-Christmas party on Saturday. The highlight of the event was the pincushion exchange. Everyone was so creative!
We also had a few members share recently completed projects.
Join us at the Library! at Cole & Ustick on December 28 for our after-Christmas party! We will provide the music and cider. You just need to bring:
- A treat to share (savory or sweet)
- The pin cushion you made for the exchange
- Items for show and tell, including sewn items you may have received over the holidays
- 2014 dues if you haven’t paid yet
Please note that this will not be a regular sew day and due to the food we advise you do not bring your sewing machine.
We will meet at the Library! at Cole & Ustick (7557 W Ustick Rd, Boise) at 1 p.m.
Happy Holidays!
