Originally Posted by orangeroom
I thought about joining the local guild. Visited for an evening with one of my best friends and my mom. We all left with the same feeling of non-acceptance. The women who ran the guild, skipped over us when it came to show and tell time, when clearly we had finished projects and WIP's on lap and in hands ready to show. When we raised our hands throughout the course of the night, we were ignored. Not one woman greeted us or said one word to us all night, 2-3 hours! ...
PS-none of us had any deformities and we all bathe regularly.
LOVE your PS! You gals can come join one of the guilds I belong to any time & sit by me...I think we'd have a blast. The larger guild I belong to has over 400 members & we've got day & night meetings once a month (just so we can all fit in one place). We have programs & classes (of which 5 or 6 are national speakers/yr) snacks, show-n-tell, block of the month, fat 1/4 exchange, & door prizes. We also have overnight bus trips to great places & a couple of retreats a year & put on a quilt show in odd number years. The 2nd guild I belong to has around 100 members. We meet once a month & have snacks, programs & classes (maybe 1 national speaker/yr), retreats, door prizes & an occaisional bus trip. We also have a show in the even number years. Neither guild puts any pressure on you to really crank the quilts out & the more I get involved, the more fun I have. I also belong to a 'small group' where 6 of us get together about once a month. It takes us 2 years to make a wall hanging, but we're mainly together for each others cheap therapy session & eat great desserts.!! I also quilt with the gals from church where we make utility quilts for world relief. I LOVE all the groups I belong to & have met some great people, plus the International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln is only an hour away. How cool is that!?