Just wondering how many of you have joined your local quilting guild. I join about three years ago and have had the opportunity to hear a lot of wonderful guest speakers, take workshops, and just get out of the house and be with other quilters. At our last meeting we hit the magic number of 200 members. We have a morning meeting and a night meeting to accomodate everyone.
We have door prizes, lotto blocks, quilt challenges, an annual auction which is our one and only fund raiser - no others needed. The auction is held in early December with dinner and doorprizes and it's always so much fun. There is also an annual three day retreat but I have not been able to make it yet since it's held out of town and I can't leave my business for that long. I here it's a blast!
Within the guild there are several quilting bees - each group has their own theme: scrappy, crazy, woolie, applique, nickel quilts, hand quilting, machine embroidery, and some just do whatever floats their boat.
The guild is almost as much fun as this board!