Weblink for quilt guild games:
http://www.quiltguilds.com/games.htm
I belong to three guilds and each has a holiday party, and here are some of the games/activities we do/have done:
- Holiday Lottery Block: everyone who brings a holiday quilt block gets a numbered drawing ticket; tickets are deposited into a container from winner(s) are drawn. Blocks always have a set size and specify colors OR block pattern OR theme (stars, gingerbread men, embellished Christmas trees - you get the idea). One guild purchased fabric from a local vendor at a great discount, which was cut into 12" squares for every participant; the fabric was made available at the September, October & November meetings for 25 cents; the money went to purchase a nice gift for a Mystery Raffle, whose proceeds went to a local domestic violence organization one winter and to purchase toys for a local print shop sponsoring gifts for kids in a local residential home another year. ANYWAY, the selected fabric unified the quilt. Drawings can be for "packages" of 5 blocks submitted, for a number that would make a quilt (9 blocks, 12 blocks), or a wall hanging (3 blocks), or for the whole kit and kaboodle. The smaller packages of prizes makes sure more people get something they enjoyed participating in, and lets you "tier" the prizes for more drama.
- Fat quarter exchange or lottery (similar/same rules for the holiday lottery block)
- Pot holder exchange (bring one, get one)
- Cookie exchange (bring a plate, get a plate)
- Ornament exchange (the best have had a designated theme such as stars, embellished trees, gingerbread men, etc. with an approximate size or template provided)
The most fun game we had in two of the guilds was "Guess the name of this Quilt Block" - one guild worked in table teams, the other was Every Quilter for Herself. There were tie-breakers "just in case."