I am co-founder of the local Quilt Guild and we have had a variety of programs. If you have a sizeable budget you can get on the internet and find teachers who will come to you. We try to use some from our own state and it is even better if they are from neighboring towns. Trunk shows are always fun and often can be done by someone in your own guild for free or very low cost. Sometimes we have had some of our own members teach classes on jeans quilts, chenille quilts, quilts that use odd fabrics (plisse for instance) etc. We have had classes on making a folder to keep your blocks in after cutting but before sewing the pieces together so you can keep the pieces in the proper order, classes on table runners, pillow tops, printing pictures on your computer, making quilt labels. We have also done evening workshops on making cancer hats, quilts for the local NICU, Quilts for local Rape and Domestic Abuse group,scrap quilts, using jellyrolls,crazy quilts,etc. We have had owners come from area quilt shops and present a trunk show and offer their wares for sale. Whatever they sell is their payment for the program (usually they do real well, we are all collectors of fabric and patterns and tools). We have had a demo for how to piece blocks for a raffle quilt so we are all on the same page. The possibilities are endless. Perhaps a class on how to maintain your Featherweight or ask your people to bring in the instructions for their current machine to see where and when they should be oiled and how to maintain them in top condition. We try to have a couple of people that give professional classes each year and fill in the gaps with local or area quilters. Twice a year our program is simply a potluck dinner (June and December). We always have Show and Tell at every meeting.