2020 Quilt Show
“20/20 Vision”
Friday, September 25
Saturday, September 26
10am – 5pm
Expo Idaho, Boise
Welcome to the Boise Basin Quilters’ Guild Quilt Show page. The Boise Basin Quilters’ Guild (BBQ) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) established for the purpose of promoting awareness, education and the preservation of the quilting arts. Our annual quilt show is a primary fund raiser for supporting various BBQ programs that, in turn, support multiple community programs. Information on the programs we support can be found here.
Each year, we try to provide a wonderful and unique experience. We are definitely not our grandmother’s quilt show as is evident in the quilts that are submitted each year which are more contemporary, edgier and artsier than we have seen in years past. Below are some of the activities of this year’s show. Feel free to visit often, sign up for our free newsletter or like us on Facebook. We hope you and your friends will attend the show this year and check out the diverse fiber art form that quilting has become.
General Show Information – Our annual quilt show is the largest professionally judged quilt show in Idaho with over 300 traditional, modern and art quilts and exhibits showcasing this diverse fiber art. In 2018, we had over 2,100 visitors and 30 local and national vendors. Our show is open to adults and youths alike with entrants vying for prizes valued at nearly $4,000 in various categories.
Featured Exhibit – Each year, our show features an individual quilter/quilt artist and/or exhibit to educate the public on quilting styles and techniques.
Gift Garden – Our Gift Garden is a marketplace for members and non-members alike to offer their quality pieces of work for sale at reasonable prices. The Gift Garden offers not just quilts or quilt-related items, but many other quality hand-made items just in time for your holiday shopping!
Merchant Mall – Our show participants love discovering what’s new, from sewing and quilting machines to rulers/tools, patterns embellishments, fabrics and more! If you are a quilting-related business or service, you can find more information regarding booth spaces here.
Demonstrations – Our vendors provide 20-minute presentations on new and exciting techniques and products throughout the two-day event.
Silent Auction – Throughout the year, members make themed quilt blocks to be auctioned off at the Show. In many cases, there will be enough blocks to finish a quilt top! Participants bid on these blocks throughout the event and the final bidding stops on Saturday at 4:30 pm.
Quilts of Valor – A display of patriotic quilts and a public presentation of red, white and blue quilts made locally are presented to local American service personnel and veterans to thank them for their military service. A formal presentation will be held on Friday at 3:30 pm. You can find more information, including photos, here.
Feel free to pass on comments and suggestions:
2020 Quilt Show Chair, Scott Weigt
Email: quiltshow@boisebasinquilters.org
Phone: 208-853-8188