BBQ Membership Meeting - Online Only.
2024-01-18 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Boise) | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT AN IN-PERSON MEETING. Details to access the online presentation will be forwarded to members prior to this meeting.
Speaker: Jaime Davis
Website: https://www.loopytulips.com/
About Jamie (her suggested quilt guild lecture introduction)
“Formerly a scientist, Jaimie Davis is an award-winning quilter who began quilting in 1993. In
addition to making quilts, she designs patterns, kits and technique-based workshops and
travels widely to teach for quilt guilds, retreats and quilting festivals.
Her work has been shown in national and international exhibits including the International
Quilt Show in Houston, Texas and the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara,
California.
Jaimie draws inspiration from color and curvy lines and loves to add a touch of whimsey to
every project.
She and her husband live in Portland, Oregon with a whole bunch of quilts, a lot of great books,
a turtle their kids left behind and a never-ending supply of Diet Coke.”

BBQ Membership Meeting
2024-02-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States

BBQ Membership Meeting
2024-03-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
The March meeting will be a presentation of “Round Robin” and “Friendship” Quilts as well as sharing brief tips on how to deal with a stack of blocks that are not all the same size.

BBQ Membership Meeting
2024-04-18 19:00 - 21:00 | ID
April Zoom Presenter — Linda Schmidt
Down & Dirty Design and Terrific Techniques
Linda’s presentation gives you principles of design you can keep in your head while creating traditional and/or art quilts and shows you shortcuts and techniques to make your quilts come live! See how to use fabric paints, fusibles, heat guns, cracked ice, Lutradurm, Tyvek, Angelina fiber, Puff Paint, foil and many other substances to create special effects while remaining true to the quilting tradition.

BBQ Membership Meeting
2024-05-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
Dating Quilts
by Joyce Shoemaker, a representative of the Quilt Heritage Museum and an AQS Textile Appraiser
This presentation will cover an array of aspects which speak to many quilt eras. We will discuss clues to dating fabrics including fabric colors, blocks, styles, popular trends, and edge finishes, to name a few. Viewers will see a number of Quilt Heritage Museum collection quilts representing different quilt time periods. Attendees are invited to bring a quilt of their own to get answers as to its circa date.
Joyce has been a quilter for nearly three decades. In 2007, she travelled to Paducah, KY, to take the exams, and became an American Quilters’ Society Certified Textile Appraiser. Before that, she presented quilting workshops on a variety of techniques in five Western states. Her personal quilts are heavily influenced by the array of nature and wildlife she sees while growing alfalfa on her farm in eastern Idaho.

Carolyn Hutchinson-It's Magic! -- BBQ Membership Meeting and Program
2024-06-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
Carolyn Hutchinson, owner and designer of Carolyn’s In Stitches will be sharing a “Mini
Trunk Show”, highlighting her series of patterns called “Magic Tricks”. Her designs are a
combination of traditional and modern. Many of her designs came from asking “What if…?”
This series of patterns is the perfect example. Attempting to simplify the piecing of a
complicated design, Carolyn created a technique that rendered a totally unexpected block.
While the created block was initially not the desired result, and some would have cast them
aside and started over, she continued to play “What if?”
The result was the first quilt in this series called, “Windfarm”. Continuing to experiment with
color selection, strip rotation and different combinations of both, six additional quilts
emerged.
All of these designs are made from a combination of 2 ½” and 5” strips, with no small pieces.
After the first seven in this series were published, Carolyn experimented with using only 2
½” strips and three additional patterns were “born”. These patterns were just released at
her Spring Retreat.
While Carolyn used lots of geometry and math in creating and writing these patterns, all the
hard work has been done, leaving only very easy piecing that goes together quickly. Two of
the patterns, “Hinged” and “Line Dancing” make two different quilts at the same time.
It’s Magic!

BBQ Membership Meeting
2024-08-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
Vicki Francis

Your 2024 Quilt Show entry forms are due by this evening’s meeting but you don’t turn in your quilt until next month! So what happens from here? Join Guild vice president and judging coordinator Vicki Francis as she shares how the judging process works, who will be the judges, and tips to increase the chances of getting a ribbon at the show as you make final preparations to submit your quilt on September 23rd at Expo Idaho.

2024 Featured Quilters - BBQ Membership Meeting
2024-09-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
Three members have accepted the invitation to have their talents featured at the quilt show. With the theme of “Leap into Quilting” in mind, along with their exquisite, expertly crafted quilts, Joann Hopkins, Esther Kleinkauf, and Karen Falvey have been asked to include some of their beginning quilts. We look forward to seeing how their quilting journey evolved!

The Magic of Foundation Paper Piecing - Nancy Messuri - 10/17/24
2024-10-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
Nancy Messuri is a self-employed Idaho-based quilt designer. Paper copies of her patterns are available through https://quiltwoman.com and pdf patterns through her website, https://nancymessuridesigns.com.
Foundation paper piecing is Nancy’s go-to method of constructing blocks and Electric Quilt 8 is her favorite design platform. Her trademark is intricate designs that require careful piecing, but she sometimes breaks out of that mold with a less complex design when the mood strikes.
In 2023, Nancy was selected to be a Benartex Ambassador along with ten other designers. As an ambassador for the international fabric supplier, Nancy designed numerous products to be featured in Benartex publications and assisted in the Benartex booth at the Missouri Star Quilt Festival. Her relationship with Benartex as a designer continues to this day.
Nancy’s quilt Criss Cross Stars was selected as the signature quilt for the 2023 International Quilt Festival Long Beach and was prominently featured on the cover of the program and all advertising materials. Along with Criss Cross Stars, her quilt, Ripple Effect, hung at the 2023 International Quilt Festival Houston and was used extensively in promotions of that show. In addition, her quilt, Spinning Song, will be hanging at International Quilt Festival 2024

"Finding Your Passion and Running with It" - Jean Impey - Program
2024-11-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
This will be BBQ’s first-ever “hybrid” guild meeting! Please join us at the church as usual to hear our guest speaker on the big screen and be able to participate in all the usual activities available at in-person guild meetings. However, if you are unable to attend the meeting, this is your chance to be able to log in from home and listen to our guest speaker via Zoom!
In her presentation, “Finding Your Passion and Running With It,” Jean Impey promises to help you explore how to uncover what makes your quilts unique and special, and learn steps to pursue your own distinctive style.

Jean will share how the spider web design made such a huge impression on her back in 2007 that she found she couldn’t make them fast enough to keep up with all the ideas that originated from this one design! In addition to a digital trunk show of some of the fabulous quilts that came out of this obsession, Jean’s presentation includes an actual tutorial so you can try a few spiderwebs of your own.

Jean is a seasoned textile artist from San Juan Capistrano, California, who has taught classes across the nation, created several commissioned public art pieces, and been featured on the cover of Quilting Arts magazine and on Quilting Arts Television. For more information about Jean, please visit her website at sewjean.com .

Joe Cunningham Quilts - BBQ Membership Program - Zoom 01/16/25
2025-01-16 19:00 - 21:00
Please remember that the January 16 membership meeting will be a Zoom presentation and not an in-person meeting. More information, including the Zoom link and instructions, will be emailed to all paid membership and Modern Art Quilt Guild members just prior to the presentation.
Note: Free to all current paid BBQ members and $10 for our invited Modern Art Quilt Guild members.

“The Stories Behind the Quilts” In this one-hour lecture I show some of my favorite quilts and tell the real stories about how they came to be made. Accidental cut? Check. Gifted fabric? Check. Memory quilt? Check. The whole story behind my quilts and how I made them. Fun and highly informative.
Joe Cunningham ‘s website is https://www.joecunninghamquilts.com/.
Joe Cunningham has been a professional quilt artist since 1979. He has written essays on the subject for museum catalogues, books and magazines. His book, Men and the Art of Quiltmaking was the first book on its subject. In 2004 he received a $30,000 Shulte Grant from the Fort Mason Foundation. In 2009 he received a grant to study with the Gees Bend quilters in Alabama. In 2010 he was artist in residence at the De Young Museum in San Francisco, which purchased one of his quilts for its permanent collection. Joe travels throughout the country to give lectures and workshops on quiltmaking. His ten books on quiltmaking include the first biography of a living quilter, the first book on men who make quilts (Men and the Art of Quiltmaking,) and a definitive book on marking quilts for quilting called Quilting with Style, published by AQS. He has been seen on the Peabody Award-winning PBS series Craft in America, the HGTV series “Simply Quilts with Alex Anderson,” as well as “The Quilt Show” with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, and others. Cunningham has performed his musical quilt show, “Joe the Quilter,” for guilds and theaters nationwide. His latest book is “Man Made Quilts: Civil War to the Present,” a catalogue for the show of the same name at the Shelburne Museum. His quilts are in the permanent collections of the DeYoung museum, The Shelburne Museum, The Newark Museum, The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles and many private collections.
He has been invited to give lectures in museums and colleges including the DeYoung Museum, University of Michigan, the Chicago Art Institute, the Shelburne Museum, and the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, The National Quilt Museum and the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles.
Joe began making quilts in his hometown of Flint, Michigan. He eventually moved to San Francisco where he maintains a gallery/studio to make and show his quilts. He lives with his wife, Carol LeMaitre, above her Pilates studio, Sanchez Street Studios. Their two sons live nearby. Cunningham travels the world to show quilts and teach as well as teaching his popular online classes from his studio.
Note: This is a ZOOM Presentation and is free to all BBQ members who will will receive an emailed link prior to this presentation. In addition, members of the Modern Art Quilt Guild have been extended an invitation to attend, but must purchase tickets at $10 each (see below). A Zoom link will then be emailed to those members.

Paula Ross Explains EQ - BBQ Membership Meeting and Program
2025-02-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
“Paula Ross has been quilting for more than 25 years, longarming for the past 7. She and her husband have raised 4 sons here in the Treasure Valley and in addition to running her longarming business “The Crimson Cabinet”, she just started a new career opportunity with the Gammill education team.
In her presentation she will teach about the basic fundamentals of the quilt design software Electric Quilt, including quick quilt designs, auto borders, and appliqué drawing. She will also highlight some of the features that help you with yardage calculations and rotary cutting.”

Angela Bowman Foundation Paper Piecing Art Process - BBQ Membership Program
2025-04-17 19:00 - 21:00 | ID
Angela is known for fusing digital illustration and sewing to create modern quilts. She is inspired by modern technology, grid systems, geometry, nostalgia, portraits, and nature. Her work has appeared in exhibitions, notably at QuiltCon and the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. She has been featured in numerous publications, including Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century, Modern Patchwork Home, and Country Living magazine.
She enjoys being a creative advocate. She shares her art process online, teaches at QuiltCon, and offers curated fabric at her online sewing shop Sewfinity. She lives in Meridian, Idaho, with her husband and two children.
In her presentation, Angela will use slides and real quilts to describe her Foundation Paper Piecing art process and show examples of it. For a sneak preview of her work, visit her website at https://angelabowmandesign.com/work.

Riley Blake Fabrics by Jami Herndon 05/15/25
2025-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 | ID
Guild member Jami Herndon will share a little bit with us about her job as a representative for Riley Blake Fabrics. Jami says,
“Have you ever considered how a shop decides which fabrics to carry and how to promote them? I would love to show you the process that a shop goes through in making the decisions that result in the fabrics you get to see when you enter their shop. This will be just a little insight into how much work goes into choosing just the right pieces for each individual shop. Come take a back door peek at the exchange between a shop owner and a fabric rep – you might even take home some of the samples!”

"Large Scale Minimal" by Ashelyn Downs BBQ Membership Meeting Program
2025-06-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
Ashelyn Downs found her sewing experience, pattern writing, and design background culminating in the creation of beginner-friendly quilt patterns that represent the styles and spaces of the people who get to use them.
Pulling from the full evolution of 20th-century architecture, 90’s grunge, street art, travel, and pop culture, she combines minimalist color palettes and artistic concepts in her work, which she hopes will inspire the next generation to value and pursue the art of quilting.
Ashelyn describes her presentation this way:
The trunk show/presentation includes a dozen projects featuring my improv process, fabric selection process, a breakdown demonstration of how I assemble my “blocks”, a Q&A time allotment, and take-home documents with the basic tips and outline of my process.”

Exploring the World of Online Quilting Resources - Amanda Oros - Program 08/21/25
2025-08-21 19:00 - 21:00 | ID
Exploring the World of Online Quilting Resources
Guild member Amanda Oros is the owner of Sweet Pea Design Co. and the host of the podcast “Not Your Granny’s Quilt Show.” Join Amanda for an insightful session on navigating the vibrant world of online quilting. From traditional patchwork to modern improv, Amanda will share trusted resources, websites, and digital communities where quilters of all styles and skill levels can find inspiration, tutorials, and connection. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to expand your quilting toolkit, this talk will guide you to the best places online to learn, grow, and stay inspired

"Quilts Feed My Soul" Program: 2025 Quilt Show Featured Quilter - Maureen Stevens
2025-09-18 19:00 - 21:00 | ID
Maureen Stevens is the guild’s featured quilter for 2025. Her quilts will be displayed in a special exhibit at our quilt show, and her quilting journey is the featured presentation of tonight’s program. Maureen says,
“I was born and raised on a farm in Wendell, Idaho. I’m the middle child of seven but the oldest girl. I attended BYU and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Interior Design. I got married that summer and we moved to Oregon where we lived for the next 8 years where my husband went to school. We moved to Boise in 1982 and have lived in the same neighborhood (but not the same house) ever since. I have 5 children; 3 girls and 2 boys. Those children have given me 14 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren and they live in Oregon, Texas, Virginia, North Carolina and Rexburg, Idaho. I’m very active in my church and it plays a big part in my life.
I have always loved fabric. I learned to sew in Jr. High and made all my own clothes up until the patterns didn’t fit anymore (isn’t that a strange thing?) I made clothes for my children and some for my husband and formals for my daughters and even their wedding dresses.
I started quilting in 1997. I decided I was going to do it right so I took a beginning quilting class from The Quilt Crossing. From there I learned about Boise Basin Quilters so I came to my first guild meeting sometime in the spring of 1998. I joined a small quilt group and I haven’t stopped since. I have learned so much from BBQ and my fellow quilters. Some of you are my dearest friends. I’ve taken lots of classes and tried new things. I have served in various capacities and been on numerous committees, designed patterns for the website and taught Schoolhouse classes.
Moslih Eddin Saadi wrote:
“If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft,
And from thy slender store two loaves are left,
Sell one, and with the dole
Buy hyacinths to feed the soul.”
To me quilts are the hyacinths that feed my soul. I could not survive if I didn’t have quilting as a creative outlet. I need the friendships and the love that you, my fellow quilters give me. I feel so honored and blessed to be a part of this quilting community.”

Judith Phelps Guild Presentation/Trunk Show - Program 10/16/25
2025-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 | ID
Judith Phelps, of Battle Ground, Washington, is an award-winning art quilter who often incorporates a combination of techniques such as applique, paint, thread painting, piecing, and 3D objects to produce unique and eye-catching pieces.
The workshops that she has planned for the BBQ guild focus on two of her favorite techniques: hand painting a fabric piece from a photo and then thread painting it. Here are two beautiful examples of quilts that Judith has made using these techniques: “Solitude” and “Horse with No Name.” Both of these pieces were created for themes from the Storytellers Group, of which she is an active member.

Introducing Rachaeldaisy - Membership Meeting Program - Zoom
2025-11-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
Add Aussie sunshine to chilly November and step into a world of vibrant colors, innovative designs and storytelling with Australian quilter, Rachaeldaisy Dodd’s trunk show. Featuring an array of quilts that showcase her unique style and passion for blending tradition with modern techniques, this show is a celebration of creativity and beauty. You’ll see and hear the stories about denim quilts with a touch of rugged charm, Yo-Yos that create playful textures, quilts with a thousand Prairie Points and many more.
Rachel’s website is: http://rachaeldaisy.com/
Note: This is a ZOOM Presentation.

01/15/26 - Happy Villages and Accidental Landscapes BBQ Membership Meeting Program - Zoom
2026-01-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
Karen Eckmeier describes herself as compelled to create” as creating gives her energy and she wants to share that energy with others. Her art is happy and upbeat, concentrating on the positive and whimsical side of life.
In her lighthearted and informative Zoom presentation, she will share two totally different techniques with the same fun results! Two favorite approaches to playing with fabrics are fabric collage (the focus of her book Happy Villages) and layered/topstitching (the technique featured in her book Accidental Landscapes).This presentation will show you how the techniques evolved and will inspire you to try fabric collage or layered/topstitching in your own creations.
Note: This is a ZOOM Presentation and a link will be emailed to all member prior to the start of this presentation.

03/19/26 - Gems & Joy: Featuring the Gem Quilts of MJ Kinman Program
2026-03-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
When people ask MJ Kinman what she does, she likes to tell them, “I make the biggest diamonds in the world . . . but instead of using the hardest substance on earth, I use the softest– cloth!”
MJ says, “The most beautiful gemstones capture light and reflect it back to us with unique brilliance, revealing their fiery personalities. Every gem has a story to tell…just like people.
This slide lecture and trunk show chronicle my own story – my 25+-year adventure learning how to create the world’s biggest diamonds in cloth. Most importantly, though, the underlying message to my audiences throughout my presentation is the importance of choosing joy and saying “no” to fear, both in our creative lives and in our personal lives.
During my presentation, I’ll discuss how I’ve learned to spot gemstones with personality – the unique configuration of light and color that translate into a successful work of art. I’ll discuss my techniques to create and assemble the hundreds of pieces in each diamond, materials I use to create the wash of color and light across a gem’s surface, and the quilting techniques that enhance a gem’s facets. We may even talk a little bit (maybe a lot) about Kentucky Bourbon, as I describe the gem quilts in my series “Bourbon Diamonds”!
And as so often happens with any artist’s decades-long journey, I’ll share insights gleaned from my walk away from corporate life and into the creative life.”
MJ has been featured in many of the world’s top quilting magazines. Her work is included in collections as varied as Maker’s Mark Distillery, the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY (where she has also taught workshops and had a solo show) and the International Quilt Museum in Lincoln, NE. We are honored to have her here in Boise!
Website: mjkinman.com

04/16/26 - "Captivating Compositions" by Deborah Boschert Program (via ZOOM)
2026-04-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
“Captivating Compositions” is a lively introduction to design and composition. Deborah introduces eight classic compositions and shares inspiring examples from traditional, modern and art quilting, plus examples from fine art! Learn how using these compositions can generate ideas for fabulous, original work.

Learn more about Deborah and her work at www.DeborahsStudio.com

05/21/26 Rediscovered (Antique Quilts) Karen Tabor Programs
2026-05-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
Karen Taber will give a presentation and trunk show featuring some of her collection of about 100 antique quilts. Quilts from Karen’s collection can frequently be seen at the Rediscovered Bookshop, where she uses them on rotation as part of the seasonal displays.

08/20/26 Modern Quilting: A Twist on Tradition - Darla Christiansen - Programs
2026-08-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Boise Church of Christ, 2000 Eldorado Street, Boise, ID, 83704, United States
Explore characteristics of Modern Quilting, and find out how a modern approach to quilting is, in many ways, a twist on tradition. See quilts that have been exhibited at QuiltCon in a slide presentation, followed by a trunk show with members of the Boise Modern Quilt Guild.
Darla Christiansen is a Boise native and a past president of the Boise MQG. Her quilt making leans heavily toward scrappy and she often uses rescued fabrics that otherwise might be destined for the landfill. She delights in the challenge of creating beautiful things from others’ discards, and describes her process as design-build. When she’s not sewing (which is most of the time), you’ll find Darla on her bike, in a kayak, tending to her yard, feeding the cat and finding outdoor adventures with her husband.

10/15/26 Post Modern Quilting by Joe Cunningham (in person)
2026-10-15 19:00 - 21:00 | ID
Joe Cunningham has been a professional quilt artist since 1979. He began making quilts in his hometown of Flint, Michigan; eventually moving to San Francisco where he lives with his wife, Carol LeMaitre, above her Pilates studio, and maintains a gallery/ studio to make and show his quilts. Joe travels the world to show quilts and teach, as well as teaching his popular online classes from his studio. He has written ten quiltmaking books, and his quilts are in the permanent collections of several museums.
Here’s how Joe describes “Post Modern Quiltmaking,” the lecture he’ll be giving at BBQ:
We all know what “Modern” quilt making is. Sort of. Now that Modern Quilts have been around for a while the world is starting to move on, or maybe it’s just me. In this lecture I’ll talk about Modern Quilts and how they have influenced the wider quilt world, and explain how I have come to find my own style of “Post” Modern quiltmaking. With lots of examples and time for questions, this is a crowd favorite.
For more info about Joe and his quilts, please visit his website at joecunninghamquilts.com .
