guild night..sigh
02-22-2011, 05:51 AM
#41
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Central Coast CA
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Originally Posted by nycbgirl
Im with you about making ME happy!! I just told my husband the other day...." I spent the first 49 years doing what others wanted me to do, I'm gonna spend the next 49 years doing what I WANT TO DO" !!!! If I don't want to do it I'm NOT GOING TO DO IT!
02-22-2011, 06:16 AM
#42
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 168
How about holding your meeting in your local library? We hold ours there every Monday evening...free and fun. Why belong to a group that isn't fun? I'm at the stage of my life where if it isn't enjoyable I don't do it.
02-22-2011, 06:24 AM
#43
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: North East USA
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We used to meet in a firehouse meeting room once a month. We used it free and once a year we made a tied quilt for the firemen to raffle as a fund raiser. Could be an option for you to use in negotiating a space.
02-22-2011, 06:50 AM
#44
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 21
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
I tried to get a day group started, but it is hard in this town to find a place to use for free.
and when a group is just starting, FREE is the best you can do.
THe churches want $150 for a 3 hour day!
and when a group is just starting, FREE is the best you can do.
THe churches want $150 for a 3 hour day!
02-22-2011, 06:54 AM
#45
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: North Texas
Posts: 1,713
is this the Dallas guild that has the big show in March
That must be one amazing guild..that show is one of the best and I go every year...yes, it is a 6 hour drive, so I spend the weekend...it is that good![/quote]
It is the same guild. Hopefully it will be a good experience & more folks who are not retired and/or housewives who don't leave the house. (Sorry, but I can't be a part of one that has meetings every Monday from 10 am to 2 pm; I have a job...)
That must be one amazing guild..that show is one of the best and I go every year...yes, it is a 6 hour drive, so I spend the weekend...it is that good![/quote]
It is the same guild. Hopefully it will be a good experience & more folks who are not retired and/or housewives who don't leave the house. (Sorry, but I can't be a part of one that has meetings every Monday from 10 am to 2 pm; I have a job...)
02-22-2011, 07:05 AM
#46
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 755
I won't go to a quild meeting anymore. I tried to join at one time. I sat thru that whole meeting and not one person in there even acknowledged I was even there. One lady near me I tried to talk to but she was rude only thing she did tell me was about the food and that was the extent of her friendliness. Now its not safe to be out at night, and there are no day meetings. So I will never belong as much as I would like to. I have a friend that has the best guild, and she is the reason I tried to join, figured all quilters were like her guild. WRONG.
02-22-2011, 07:15 AM
#47
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: New York State
Posts: 150
Since I'm just beginning to quilt again, I don't belong to any guild.......but I am taking classes from our local quilt shop. Maybe they will talk about some or when I become comfortable, I'll inquire!
02-22-2011, 07:55 AM
#49
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: North Texas
Posts: 8,710
Oh gosh. I read all the posts here and I can empathize but I so love my guilds. Have to keep myself from joining more. I get involved, join the bees, go to retreats, etc. The more you know , the funner it is. Hope you all have one close you might try again. WE switch out board members every year and you can't serve mroe than two. Gives us new leadership and variety. And the bigger guilds can pay to have some wonderful people do classes. Jackie I wish you lived closer. YOu seem to be someone who would really be an asset to a guild.
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