After-Christmas Party – December 28

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!

Sew Day – November 2013

We spent the first part of our November Sew Day for our first-ever annual meeting. Now that we are an official non-profit, we are required to hold an annual meeting to take care of a few quick – but important – items of business: voting on the board of directors, submitting annual dues, and reviewing our financials.

The founding board members were elected to serve again in 2014: Christy Foltz-Ahlrichs, President; Angela Bowman, Vice President; Lindsie Bergevin, Secretary; Lori Wambolt, Treasurer.

The guild also voted on our new logo. Of the two that Lindsie Bergevin so graciously and expertly designed, the spring-colored theme won out.  It’s awesome, don’t you think?  Thanks, Lindsie!!!
Unveiled the new Boise Modern Quilt Guild website today! #boisemqg #mqg #boise

Lindsie unveiled our new website, gave an overview of the content, and taught a little about photos and hashtags. Our official hashtag is #BoiseMQG.

Christine Brady of Hotdish Aprons occasionally brings in fabric scraps leftover from her apron-making. She brought several boxes this time, for all guild members to freely partake 🙂
Fabric scrap heaven at #boisemqg November Sew Day

The rest of the time was free-sewing and Show and Tell. Here are some featured projects by our talented members:
#BoiseMQG sew day

#BoiseMQG sew day

#BoiseMQG sew day

#BoiseMQG sew day

Color Theory and Quilting

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.

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Here are a few posters to help as well.

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