Social Sew Day Schoolhouse 03/29/25
2025-03-29 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Boise) | Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise, ID, 83709, United States
Bring your current sewing project and a sack lunch (feel free to bring goodies to share!) and spend a relaxed day stitching with fellow guild members!
The doors will open at 10:00. If you come later, be sure to use the metal side door on the west side of the building, since the main doors will be locked after about 10:15 to keep confused potential customers from wandering in!
This event is open to all guild members at no cost. Please just come wearing your guild name tag, and email Schoolhouse@boisebasinquilters.org to let us know that you are planning to participate!”

Nine-Patch Pizzazz Schoolhouse - April 26, 2025
2025-04-26 10:00 - 16:00 | Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise, ID, 83709, United States
Guild members Carolyn Blackwelder and Phyllis Kizer would love to share with you the fun, simple “Nine-Patch Pizzazz” technique that they have used to create some very delightful quilts. This is a beginner-friendly endeavor that quilters of any level will enjoy!
To meet fair-use criteria with respect to Judy Sisneros, each person participating in the class should have their own copy of her book, “9-Patch Pizzazz: Fun, Fast, and Finished in a Day.” This is an older book, but is readily available both as a paperback and a digital file from many online sources.
Participants will need a panel that they are willing to cut up, along with a few fabrics that have been selected to go well with the panel. Landscape panels or ones featuring sea life (as in the samples shown) are ideal.
Supply List:
1. Fabric
• 1 ½ yards focus fabric
• ½ yard second focus fabric
• ½ yard each of two companion fabrics
• ½ yard for inner border
• 1 yard for outer border
• 1 ½ yard flannel for design wall
2. Notions
• Rotary cutter
• Medium mat
• 12 ½” square ruler
• 6” x 12” ruler
• Thread to blend with fabrics
• Seam ripper
• Straight pins
3. Sewing machine in good working condition with a new needle
4. Paper & pen for notetaking
5. Book: 9-Patch Pizzazz by Judy Sisneros
Before class read pages 4-10

One Block Wonder Schoolhouse - 07/12/25 & 07/26/25
2025-07-12 10:00 - 16:00 | Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise, ID, 83709, United States
Former guild president Jennifer Price will show you how to create a “One-Block Wonder”! This is a two-part class, but your $15 registration fee will get you into both sections! In the first class you will learn to line up your panels, cut your triangles to create the hexagons for your quilt. We will talk about techniques to keep your cut hexagons organized and how to assemble them, and begin sewing them together.
In the second class, you will come with all of your half hexagons sewn together and you will learn how to assemble your quilt. This is when your creativity will get to shine. We will talk about different ways to design and lay out your quilt design.
You will need:
Seven (7) fabric panels, all alike.
60 degree triangle ruler (I have one that can be shared, but you will probably want your own)
24” Ruler for cutting
Flat head pins (the flowers work best)
A fine point Sharpie, or a regular pen and lots of small scraps of paper
Cutting Mat and rotary cutter (There will be a couple of cutting stations but you may want your own.)
Sewing Machine
Neutral or matching color thread (wind bobbins for class to save some frustration)
Scissors or snips
Usual Notions
You may also want to locate one of the books written by Maxine Rosenthal and Nancy Miller on this technique. The book is not required for the class (nor is “One Block Wonder” a copyrighted technique!) but you might find the book helpful later in remembering the steps and processes.

Tiny Treasures: Tips and Techniques for Foundatio Paper Piecing by Esther Kleinkauf 10/24/26
2025-10-17 08:00 - 17:00 | ID
More information to follow.

Quilt as You Go Schoolhouse by Kathy Hansen 10/25/25
2025-10-25 10:00 - 16:00 | Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise, ID, 83709, United States
Kathy Hansen describes her Quilt As You Go Class as a flexible quilting technique that is fast, fun and scrap friendly. There are many variations to this technique which we will discuss in class, but I will show you how to strip piece and quilt at the same time. When your four blocks are completed, we will attach them with sashing on the front and back of the quilt. Voila, a completed 4 block quilt ready to bind.
We will make strip quilt blocks in class, but this technique can be used with any block, and even borders can be attached with the sashing. The back can be one fabric, or a variety of coordinating fabrics can be used to make a reversible quilt. You may choose to keep adding blocks to make a larger quilt. The strip placement can be random or organized to form a pattern. This technique can be personalized in many ways.
Things to consider:

The size you want this quilt to be. The 4 blocks can be bound as a small wall hanging/table topper or be the beginning of a larger
The back pieces can be the same on all the blocks, or they can be random fabrics.
If you choose to make more than the four blocks, you will need more of the sashing fabric. The sashing fabric requires more yardage than expected, as there are pieces on the top and bottom.
You can make your blocks random or use the same fabrics in each block to form a You can even make a portion of the block a single piece of fabric.
Adding quilting on the top of a finished block adds more interest, and it is a good opportunity to use the decorative stitches on your sewing machine.

Supplies:
Fabrics:
Enough strips, at least six inches long and any width, precut or cut before coming to class, to make four blocks 12 1/2 inches square. I use mostly 2 1/2-inch strips, and a jelly roll can be used.
1/2 yard of a sashing fabric. We will cut the sashing in class
4 -13 1/2 inches squares of batting
4 -13 1/2-inch squares of backing, all the same or a variety of fabrics

You will also need:
Sewing machine
Rotary cutter, mat,
Rulers, one to cut sashing, and a 12 1/2 inch ruler if you have one Thread, and quilting thread if you want to add quilting
Seam ripper, pins, scissors
Other sewing tools you regularly use

Origami Stars Schoolhouse - 11/22/25
2025-11-22 10:00 - 15:00 | Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise, ID, 83709, United States
Former guild president Maureen Stevens has agreed to teach an Origami Star Hot Pad class. Learn how to make the round, traditional “origami” stars featured in some of the Rachaeldaisy Dodd’s quilts, and leave with a hot pad suitable for gift-giving or for holiday decor!
Supply list:

Machine in good working order
¼” foot for machine
Walking foot for machine
Pins, scissors, rotary cutter, mat, ruler
Iron and ironing surface
Fabric glue stick
Hand sewing needles
12″ design board

Fabric for each trivet:

Four 3 ½” squares and one 2″ square for center of star
One 5″ width of fabric strip for 2nd layer
One 5″ width of fabric strip for 3rd layer
One 5″ width of fabric strip for 4th layer
One 9″ square of fabric for back
One 1 ½” x 27″ BIAS strip for binding
One 1 ¾” x 5″ strip for hanger
One 9″ square of cotton batting or Insul Bright

Some of the fabrics can be repeated but there needs to be contrast between the layers for the pattern to show. For instance the backing and layer 4 could be the same fabric or layer 1 (center) could be the same as layer 3 or 4.
It takes me about 1 hour to do the cutting and pressing, 1 hour to do the sewing and 1 hour to hand sew on the binding. You might take more or less time than that for each one. You could come with materials to make two trivets and finish the 2nd one later at home.

Quilt Design Schoolhouse by Lynne MacDonald 01/31/26
2026-01-31 10:00 - 16:00 | Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise, ID, 83709, United States
Are you interested in designing your own quilt, but are unsure where to start, or just need a gentle nudge to take the leap? This class is your nudge! Lynne will briefly speak of her own journey into design, outlining how she identified her own design roadblocks and how she works around them. She will also demonstrate a very simple, math-free method to convert your sketch to a small to-scale drawing. Furthermore, Janice Black will present a method she uses to enlarge applique sketches to desired size. Then the fun part begins: each participant will randomly select cards that illustrate an array of blocks, strips, and sets, then each sketch your own unique layout using the blocks you drew. You can trade cards, ‘go fish’ for alternative cards, if you so desire. Feel free to bring inspirational elements to class; Lynne often starts her own designs from a feature fabric. Work at your own speed. If you are as slow as Lynne, you may well do more than define a design and convert it to a scale drawing. If you are one of those speedy types, you can begin piecing blocks for your design. This class is suitable for beginning quilters.
Supplies:
What you need to bring:

Pad of inexpensive paper, such as writing paper (for rough sketching)
Pad (8×11 or so) of graph paper marked in 1” grid broken down into ¼” subunits (if it breaks down into the 5 lines to an inch unit, that works but is a bit less easy to use).
Lead pencil and eraser
Ink pen (for non-erasable sketching…standard writing pen works fine)
12” ruler (school ruler is fine)
Paper scissors (I also use a rotary cutter I’ve designed for paper cutting)
Tape (best if it’s blue painters tape so you can move taped pieces as necessary)

Optional supplies:

Inspirational things (a printed fabric, an orphan block, etc.) you might like to design around.
Colored pencils (just a few basic colors you envision using in a quilt)
fine point Sharpie-type pen
quilters ruler (to allow for easy marking of parallel lines or angles)
If you anticipate moving on to piecing, bring your machine and usual kit, and fabrics.

If your design requires you to create a full-sized scale drawing of your design in order to piece it, Lynne will provide a larger piece of graph paper. The design can be no more than a smaller wall hanging-sized piece.

Quartered Stripes Baby Quilt Schoolhouse by Barbara Doogan 02/28/26
2026-02-28 10:00 - 16:00 | Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise, ID, 83709, United States
This can be a baby quilt or a wall hanging. There is the option to make it bigger. All you need is a striped fabric and a border fabric (or two). The most difficult part is actually finding a striped fabric you like. Although a fabric with regularly spaced lines will work just fine. Try to find a fabric with irregular stripes. The amount of fabric listed will yield 16 blocks. There are 2 different blocks. You can add applique’ or replace some blocks with other designs. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination!
Supplies –
• 1 ¼ yard of striped cotton fabric
• Coordinating fabric for borders
The body of this quilt finishes about 36” plus the width of any border you want to add. Double the amount of fabric if you want a larger quilt
• Straight stitch sewing machine-cleaned, oiled, new needle
• Pins and clips
• Thread
• Rotary cutter with a new blade
• Rotary mat (minimum 12×18” Use larger mat if possible)
• Square ruler with diagonal line 10” or bigger
• Rotary ruler – longer than 10”
• Rotary turntable 10” or larger (Optional)
The registration and cancellation deadline is February 21, 2026.

4-Patch-Posie Schoolhouse 04/18/26 by Dianne Kane
2026-04-18 09:30 - 16:00 | Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise, ID, 83709, United States
Dianne Kane has agreed to teach a “4-Patch Posie” Schoolhouse Class for us on April 18th, 2026.
Are you ready for some surprises? Like a simplified form of stack-n-whack, this technique will create surprising new blocks, each with its own special design. It’s as satisfying and addictive as eating a box of chocolates, because every block you make will automatically create four design options and you’ll get to choose your favorite! Because you’ll be making 4-patches, the process will go pretty quickly, and it’s likely that you’ll get many of the blocks made during our sewing time. We’ll also talk about how you can set and lay out the blocks: for example, with or without sashing or borders; on-point; with mitered strips on 2 sides; courthouse steps; and more. This is a technique that you’ll want to use again and again – just because each block is a pleasant surprise!
Supplies
Matt (bring the largest one you can)
Rotary cutter (consider a new blade)
Ruler (at least 4 x 12″ up to 8½ x 24″)
Sewing machine (only need straight stitch)
Thread for piecing
Scissors, seam ripper
Pencil & paper for taking notes
Flat head pins
Optional
(Bring along if you have them but no need to purchase)
Pattern: 4-Patch Stacked Posies by H.D. Designs
A folding mirror
Design wall
Digital camera
Square rulers (any and all sizes 3″ to 12½”)
extension cord
Fabrics
This technique works best with a “busy” fabric. A piece with lots of variations in color will create a variety of unique blocks. Retro, floral, geometric, and Asian are all good choices. (Batiks are not a good choice for the focus fabric.) Because there are so many options in the cutting and layout of the fabrics, it’s hard to provide specific fabric requirements.
You will be sent a supply list with more detail about this, but be aware that you must have at least 4 repeats of the design in the focus fabric. (Look along the selvedge edge to help you find the repeats.) You might consider buying extra yardage for borders or get at least one more repeat to use on the backing. It’s fun to use a piece of the “mother” fabric somewhere so others will know what you actually started with! If you want a large quilt and the repeat is only 12″ you might consider getting 8 repeats.
You may want to purchase coordinating fabrics for sashings or borders. Or, you may want to wait until you’ve made some blocks and decided how you will lay out the design.
If you have questions, please contact Dianne.

Tiny Treasures: Tips & Techniques for Foundation Paper Piecing by Esther Kleinkauf Schoolhouse 10/26/26
2026-10-24 10:00 - 17:00 | Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise, ID, 83709, United States

Quilting on Your Domestic Machine by Madeline Trainor 11/21/26 Schoolhouse
2026-11-21 10:00 - 16:00 | Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise, ID, 83709, United States
