Originally Posted by
Zappycat
wow, I just found this post and a friend of mine is thinking about joining a quilt guild and asked me if I would like to go along. I'm thinking twice now!
I agree with the others. Don't let other people's bad experiences and negative comments stop YOU from trying out your guild.
I have posted my positive experience many times here on the board, although not in this particular thread.
I do not belong to a guild, I don't think it's the right fit for me. But I do have a quilting group that I enjoy very much. We do not have a charter, or keep minutes, or have "members", or keep a treasury. We do not have a president, leader or person in charge. We get together once a month, rotating turns at our homes. We have a potluck lunch. We bring show-n-tell. We chitchat. We discuss issues we're having with our machines, or a certain project, or our in-laws.
We have all-day "sew day" a couple of times a year - we use a community room at our local PUD, bring our machines, projects, and snacks, and ignore our cell phones. We have retreats a couple of times a year. We take turns organizing the retreats and other activities we are involved in. We work on charity projects
if we want. Participation is not mandatory and nobody keeps track. I love my little unorganized group. We all get along, we appreciate each other and our particular talents. We are a bunch of grown, non-bitchy women who simply love to quilt, and no one feels the need to put down others or be the boss.