Thread: Looking for ideas for guild meetings

Originally Posted by JustAbitCrazy

Can you explain how "Dirty Santa" and "fat quarter craps" work? I'm no gambler, so clueless here.

Dirty Santa is just another name for the Chinese auction described by Zinda. Fat quarter craps is a dice game. Each player starts with 3 fat quarters and three dice. The dice are marked with a C, L, R, and a dot. If a C is rolled a fat quarter goes to the center and is out of play. If a L is rolled a fat quarter is passed to the player on your left, R the player to your right. If you roll a dot you keep the fat quarter. The player with the last fat quarter gets all the fat quarters in the center. You can use regular dice with 1 dot being the same, 6=C, 2&3=L, 4&5=R. Each game takes 4-8 players and takes about 20 minutes to play. I forgot to say you only roll the number of dice in the same number of fat quarters you have. ie: in the second round you have two fat quarters you roll two dice. Try it sometimes. Can be lots of fun.

If we don't have a speaker my guild will have a school house were 6 -8 members agree to give mini lessons ie. crayons on fabric, needle turn applique, binding, making flying geese. Each lesson is 10 mins and every 10 mins a bell is rung and you move to a different table

We have a small Evening Guild. Each year we have members present programs. One of the programs we repeat each year is Tea and Things (from the Attic). A couple of members will be hostess responsible for the tea and breads or cake. All members bring their own cup (often a special cup) and an item from the attic. It can be a quilt (often passed down), needle work, knitted item, etc. We never seem to run out of Attic items.

A "Chinese" auction is great. Bring a quilt item (suggest a price limit). Draw a number when you enter the door. All items are wrapped and placed in a general location - usually the center of the room. Person with number 1 gets to chose any gift on the table. Number 2 can take number 1's item or can open a new item. If number 1's gift gets taking, they open a different gift. Number 3 can take Number 1 or 2's item or can open a new item. This goes on until finished. One can not take the same gift back until they have opened another item. (If 3 took 2's gift, 2 can not take it back immediately. If 2's second item is taken, they can take 3's item. One item can only be taken 3 times and it's done being taken, except at the very end. The only person that can take an item from anyone, is number 1. Therefore number 1 can have fun in this exchange, too.

Thanks to everyone for your help. I have more ideas to work into guild meetings now.