Next Upcoming Event
Membership Meeting ~
August 15, 2019
7:00 pm
Program: Doors open at 6:30  

Guild Meetings!: Every 3rd Thursday of the month at Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado St., Boise, Idaho. (Map)   Doors open at 6:30 pm.  Meeting starts 7:00pm  (more info)

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The website is currently experiencing difficulty with the calendar function and a fix will, hopefully, be in place very soon.  Until then, however, please see below for a list of upcoming events.  We are sorry for this inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

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Annual Quilt Show

The annual Boise Basin Quilters Quilt Show will be held September 27-28, 2019, at the Idaho Expo located at Glenwood Street and Chinden Blvd. in Boise. Doors open at 10:00 am both days and close at 5:00 pm. Attendee tickets can be purchased at the door or online at this link.  Anyone wishing to enter a quilt in the show can either download the entry forms at this link or enter online at this link.

 

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Fred Meyers Reward Program:

As a nonprofit organization, Boise Basin Quilters is eligible to earn a quarterly donation from Fred Meyers by linking your Fred Meyers Rewards account to BBQ in their Community Rewards program. The amount of this donation is directly related to how many Customers link their Reward cards to BBQ and how much they shop. The minimum quarterly donation to BBQ is $25. Anything less will roll over to the next quarter. This program DOES NOT take away from customers’ rewards. The procedure to link your Rewards card to BBQ is as follows:

  1. Get a Fred Meyer Rewards card at any register or the customer service desk; this will be your Fred Meyer Rewards car number.
  2. Sign in to Fred Meyer Rewards.
  3. https://www.fredmeyer.com/signin?redirectUrl=/account/communityrewards/enroll
  4. There are links at the bottom of the page to Create an Account or Forgot Your Password?  You’ll need your Fred Meyer Rewards card number to create an account.
  5. Enter BBQ’s Community Partner ID 89797 and click the Search button.
  6. Click the circle next to BBQ as the Organization Name and click Enroll.
  7. Present your card whenever you shop at a Fred Meyer store or gas station.

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Membership meetings are held every third Thursday of the month (except July and December) at 7:00 pm at the Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID 83704.  Doors open at 6:30 pm.

 

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  • Terri Curry made "A Bit of Fantasy" for a gift to her granddaughter-in-law who is a big Harry Potter fan.
  • "Spring Life" by Carol Tracy Mitchell was started from a BOM and grew. She used raw edge applique, embroidery and "quilt as you go."
  • Linda Murphy quilted this improvisational jacket that was made for her. The "pattern" is by Karen Eckmeier.
  • Peter's Garden was made by Barbara Smith following a Grace Errea sponsored by BBQ last spring. It is a birthday present for her daughter who enjoys small rabbits hopping around on campus.
  • Barbara Derby created Diamond Baskets to challenge herself. She added the applique then decided to piece 36 more diamonds for the border.
  • Pat Kluckhohn made "Animal Farm" from BBQ Quilter's Runway patterns. Each middle triangle in the Flying Geese has a fussy cut animal. She is waiting for a little one to come along to give it to him or her.
  • Jan Lundine was inspired to make her quilt by the sound of several Great Horned Owls. She designed it and this was the first time she used free motion quilting on a long arm. It is a birthday present for her husband.
  • Jalee Ogle made "Under the Caribbean" using Kaffe prints. Beautiful!
  • Sleeping With Geishas was made by Linda Jolly for a friend in memory of his father.
  • Jody Zanecki made Sasquash for her son-in-law. Big foot is his mascot! She created it using clip art and then quilted it.
  • Karen Falvey made Roundabout from a 2018 Stashbusters pattern. Great opportunity to use some fun prints she had around for years.
  • Rainforest Birds by Louise Maley was made from a pattern by Charlie Harper. He is an artist who paints birds as well as creates quilt patterns.
  • Janet Moats designed the fabric for her "Montana Wildflowers" quilt using her photographs and Adobe Photoshop. Then she uploaded to Spoonflower to be printed on ultra cotton fabric. Six family members have placed orders for this quilt!
  • Madeline Trainor made this sm. quilt for her front door. She appliqued it using an embroidery BOM by Kathy Schmitz.
  • Karen Falvey wanted to use up leftover blocks and fabric from a Downton Abbey Quilt. She started out with a table runner and ended up with a twin size bed quilt that will coordinate with a queen size quilt in their AirBnB.
  • Phyllis Kizer and Laura Lee each made a Two Fabric Bargello. They did the projects together and ended up with very different results. Beautiful!
  • An original quilt that Donna Swanson and her daughter, Lara, made at quilt camp in Cascade. It will be donated to Young Life in Ukraine this Spring when Donna and her husband, Tom, travel there. The Ukrainians grow sunflower seeds and was inspiration for the quilt.
  • The Dresden Plate is one of Barbara Smith's favorite blocks. Sunflower Garden is her first for 2019. She used a special ruler for this project. She will have more Dresden plate quilts to share in the future!
  • Amy Carter made "Reflections" as the 1st in a series of quilts this year. All women in beautiful dresses. This woman is reflecting on her life while looking at the moon's reflection. She used angelina fibers, paint, applique, thread painting with holographic and other threads.
  • Pat Kluckhohn made Night and Day Star from a BBQ Quilters Runway pattern on this website. It is paper pieced and will be donated by her church group to refugees living in Boise.
  • Tara Henderson made her Irish Table Topper using her Cricut Maker to cut the shamrocks. This is her first attempt at applique. Nice job Tara!
  • Ann Davis made Horsing Around using a kit from Prairie Girls Quilt Shop in Prineville OR. She recently bought a new sewing machine and applied new skills on this quilt for her daughter: ruler quilting, embroidery, stitch regulater, walking foot, applique and piecing.
  • The Maple Leaf pattern is from the August BBQ Quilters Runway pattern on this website. She paper pieced it from scraps in her stash. It will be donated by her church to refugees living in Boise.
  • "CleoCatra and Bark Antony" is an original design. Connie Emmen made is using machine applique, machine embroidery and freehand/free motion quilting. It will be donated to The Cat Doctor with proceeds from its sale going to support local cat rescue organizations.
  • Danielle Alba made this quilt for her husband's niece for her July wedding. She used a kit from Craftsy and is her largest project to date. This was her first time making star blocks and using free motion quilting. Her husband helped too. Lucky Bride!
  • Aleida Houdyshell made "Blueberry Hill" from a pattern in Keepsake Quilting magazine. She used up left over flannel from previous quilts. A warm and beautiful quilt for her husband when he takes his daily "power nap".
  • Esther Kleinkauf made Cattitude from the "Cats on Parade" pattern and these paisley cat panels that work so well in it.
  • Connie Buchanon made this lovely quilt from Laurel Burch fabrics to keep her warm in the Winter.
  • Connie Buchannon's "Eternal Spring" was made for when she is tired of Winter and have the hope of Spring.
  • Chris Klover had a lot of Australian fabrics and got to buy more to make this for a friend who lived in Australia while earning a Masters degree. It is a celebration quilt!
  • Aleida Houdyshell made this quilt after buying Missouri Star Block books at the BBQ book sale. This was the right pattern to use her left over fabric pieces.
  • Scott and Shelley Weigt made this raffle quilt for the National Federation of the Blind in Idaho. The pattern, "Diamonds and Arrowheads" is from Quilters Newsletter 6/2007 magazine. Stunning!
  • Blocks created in the 2019 Quilt of Valor Block Drive. More will be made at the Qov National Sew Day on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Idaho Sewing & Vacuum.
  • Connie Emmen made this quilt from a wallhanging that had been donated to QoV. She set it on point, added pieced setting triangles and borders. It will be donated to a local American service veteran to thank them for their service.
  • Mellissa Masters started "Around the Block" as an orginal table runner. She ended up with this beautiful throw!
  • Jude Reppell made "Flowers for Alexis", an original design. She designed, pieced, machine appliqued and machine quilted it for the daughter of one of her own children. Beautiful!
  • Joleen Graham hand quilted this treasure that was hand pieced by her husband's Grandmother Anna. She has had it since 1974. The Boise Peace Quilt Project helped her start the quilting about 10 years ago and she recently finished the quilting.
  • Joleen Graham was encouraged by a friend to put together her cute halloween witch blocks.
  • Jan Lundine made Batik Diamonds at the October 2018 BBQ Schoolhouse class with Donna Hale. She learned the "Quilt as you Go" method in a very fun class.

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