A little twist on guild info--just got home from my guild meetings today and 2things related to your post, Jan. One was our decision to sponsor a college scholarship for a student intending a major in a FACS related degree, in honor of your founder. and the 2nd is that our Beginning quilt class that starts in a little over a week is grown to 24 , and 15 of those are new to our Guild. From past experience, I know that of those 15, probably about half will not become active on-going members past this first year-but about 1/2 will jump in whole-hearted. I'd highly recommend other guilds wanting to increase interest in quilting-especially among younger people, consider offering basic classes as a free benefit of membership!
Opps--that should say OUR guild founder!