Finally a class that will help you get started on planning a pieced border for your quilt. We will spend most of our time working with the quilts that students bring in and together we will brainstorm the perfect border for it. Simple direction of where to start and what...
CANCELLED April 18, 2020 Workshop ~ Lyn Mann “There’s No Such Thing As A Ugly Fabric”
In this class, students will each bring squares of an ugly (or hard to use) fabric to share. They will also bring a variety of scraps. We will construct a simple scrap quilt while learning how to make any fabric great, depending on what you put with it. A really...
May 22, 2020 Workshop ~ Dianne Kane “I Want To Be An Artist When I Grow Up”
Details will be posted when they are available.
June 20, 2020 Workshop ~ John Flynn “Storm At Sea”
Details will be posted when they are available.
May 23, 2020 Workshop ~ Dianne Kane “It’s A Beautiful Day In My Neighborhood”
Details will be posted when they are available.
June 19, 2020 Workshop ~ John Flynn “Glorified Nine Patch”
Details will be posted when they are available.
Workshops: August – November 2020
Future program details will be posted when they are available. August 20: Sheila Sinclair Snyder “Walled Garden”; August 20: Sheila Sinclair Snyder “Painting A Barn Quilt”; October 16-17: Ann Shaw “Chicken Challenge”; November 21: Mathew Broudreaux “Improv Flower Block”; November 22: Mathew Broudreaux “Optical Illusion Weave”
February 2020 Workshop ~ Lisa Flowers Ross “Abstracting From Reality: Seeing to Design”
Lisa is an Idaho artist who creates contemporary, abstract artworks using fabric that she hand dyes. Her artworks are pieced together using a home sewing machine which is also used to “draw” her own hand-maneuvered patterns of free-motion stitching to create distinctive textures. Her artwork has been exhibited in solo,...
May 2019 Schoolhouse ~ Debbie Wikoff “Y-Seams”
Instructor: Debbie Wikoff , Huckleberry Patches, McCall Date: Saturday, May 18 Time: 9am – 4pm Location: Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise Cost: $33 (includes class fee and kit) ………..Kit includes: …………….• Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star tool …………….• All the fabrics needed to make a mug rug …………….•...
March 2019 Workshop ~ Carmen Geddes “Vintage Charm”
Instructor: Carmen Geddes Date: Friday, March 22 Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm Location: Jones Sew and Vac, 7615 West Fairview Avenue, Boise Cost: ..• Boise Basin Quilters members: $80 ($55 class fee + $25 kit) ..• Others: $90 ($65 class fee + $25 kit) Granny squares emerge from a riot of...
March 2019 Workshop ~ Carmen Geddes “Block Party”
Instructor: Carmen Geddes Date: Saturday, March 23 Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm Location: Boise Rigging Supply, 6750 West Victory Road, Boise Cost: ..• Boise Basin Quilters members: $80 ($55 class fee + $25 kit) ..• Others: $90 ($65 class fee + $25 kit) Make a traditional quilt with Non-Traditional piecing! Complete...
June 2017 “Free Motion Quilting – Garden Flowers”
Instructor: Shirley Blakeley Cost: TBD Dates: June 9 & 10 Time: 9am – 4:30pm Location: Boise Church of Christ, 2000 North Eldorado Street Register for class at the April 18 membership meeting or before by contacting Jill Nelson schoolhouse@boisebasinquilters.org. Due to the high interest in this class, if you are...