When: January 28, 2017 | 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 28, from 1-3 p.m. Saturday’s festivities will include treats, door prizes and our mini-quilt swap!

Treats

Please bring a treat to share with the group.

Mini-quilt Swap

We are excited to see what kind of mini-quilts everyone has made for their swap partner! If you are participating in the swap, please bring your completed mini-quilt 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 project, please bring it on Saturday.

WiP’s & Wishes Challenge

This is your last chance to show us completed WiPs from your list for 2016. We will also announce the winner! Please note that a completed quilt, is a fully bound quilt.

See you soon!

There were many projects to show off this month!

On Saturday, Laura Pukstas led members in a great tutorial on the Quick Curve Ruler. Laura showed us several different types of quilts we can make with the ruler and then walked us through making our own Chic Star Block.

We also had several members bring their projects to show the group.

What a fun mini-retreat on Saturday! We had many members come together to work on projects, as well as a few guests, which we always love.

When: January 23, 2016 | 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 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday’s festivities will include treats, door prizes and our tote swap!

Treats

Please bring a treat to share with the group.

Tote Swap

We are excited to see what kind of totes everyone has made for their swap partner! If you are participating in the tote swap, please bring your completed tote 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 project, please bring it on Saturday.

WiP’s & Wishes Challenge

This is your last chance to show us completed WiPs from your list for 2015. We will also announce the winner!

If you want to participate in the 2016 WiPs, just bring $10 and a list with 10 or fewer projects you want to complete this year. Half of the challenge money will go towards the guild; half of the money will be a jackpot prize at the end of the year. Completed projects must be shown at a guild meeting during the “show and share” portion of the meeting. Each completed project earns a ticket towards the jackpot prize. The jackpot prize will be drawn at the last guild meeting of 2016. Use this challenge as a motivator to finish your WiP’s or try something new!! Payment can be made via a check written to the Boise Modern Quilt Guild.

Block of the Month
January also marks the kick-off for our 2016 BOM: the Modern BOM by Alissa Haight Carlton. It was originally published on Sew Mama Sew from July 2011 to June 2012; however, the Boise Modern Quilt Guild is following along from January to December 2016. For the tutorial for the first block, visit our post Block of the Month – 2016. Can’t wait to see your block in February!

See you soon!

At our October meeting we had the pleasure of hosting Lisa Flowers Ross. She spoke about what inspires her artwork, as well as her artistic process. Best of all she brought many quilts to share with us!

We also had many members bring quilts to share.

Congratulations to our own Angela for making it as a finalist with the Modern Quilt Guild Riley Blake Fabric Challenge! Way to go! Check out photos of her entry below. For more on how Angela made the mini-quilt check out her website.

We had a great meeting in July! The highlight of the meeting was Carol Mitchell sharing different binding techniques with the group. We learned about double and single fold bindings, basing your binding width on the size of your quilt (who knew?) and many other tips.

We also had several members share completed projects. Check out the photos below.

At our June meeting we had the pleasure of hosting Kathleen Probst. She spoke about what inspires her artwork, as well as her artistic process. Best of all she brought many quilts to share with us!

We also had several members bring quilts to share.