We’re excited to announce that Laura Hartrich will be our featured speaker for the guild meeting on April 18, 2026. She’ll be presenting “Liner Notes and Labels: Learning to Love Quilt Documentation” via Zoom with us. Laura is an award-winning quilter based in Oak Park, Illinois, just outside Chicago. Her work explores themes of reflection, […]
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The Boise Modern Quilt Guild will hold a Modern Quilt Walk on Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. in Ann Morrison Park. Quilts will be displayed on a stretch of grass on the south side of the river, between the Pioneer Footbridge and Old Timer Shelter. The Quilt Walk is a fun and
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We had a wonderful meeting via Zoom at the end of January where we shared our recent makes. The following resources or patterns were mentioned as part of the show and tell: Anthologie Quilt pattern by Melanie Traylor of Southern Charm Quilts Southwest Modern by Kristi Schroeder The Flash FPP block at fandominstitches.com Banana Hammock
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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.
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Now that we’ve recovered from our Sew Down Portland weekend retreat, we (Christy and Lori) want to share a few pics. Both of us had a great time and look forward to the possibility of attending future MQG events. Meeting other modern quilting enthusiasts was definitely a lot of fun and worth seeking out again.
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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,
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Modern quilts are functional, include bold colors, and are inspired by modern design. Our guild president Christy created this presentation on modern quilting to share with the Boise Basin Quilters in 2013 and we had the same presentations later for our guild. Enjoy! Modern Quilting: A Twist on Tradition from Cfa61
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Color theory, or the scientific reasoning behind color mixing and the visual effects of specific color combination, can be a great asset to modern quilters. During one of the 2013 Sew Days we explored color theory and discussed its use in quilting. Here is the slideshow presented by Lindsie during the discussion. Here are a
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