Guilds
#72
Very interesting discussion! I am in a guild, the second one I've been in. The one I was in before I moved had more going on. I have experienced the cliques and the DIVAS who drive me nuts. I try to be the person reaching out to others, not as much as I should, but more than I used to be, because I've been on the other side of the fence too. I do enjoy the speakers and the philanthropy projects. Being in the small groups, sit-and-sew at local quilt shops, too,and meeting other quilters are what I like best about the guild concept.
#73
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Boonville, Missouri
Posts: 186
I have belonged to several guilds over the years. They are kind of like jobs; some you love so much you can't wait to get there & others make you feel kinda nauseous! (grin). I did find that by volunteering to serve on committees or be on the ex board helped me get to know members of the guild that I wouldn't have ordinarily gotten to know that well otherwise. That makes being a member much more enjoyable. This is my 1st yr belonging to a small guild near me & I volunteered to be in charge of door prizes. That is a fun position to have & has allowed me to intermingle with the other members while asking if anyone is interested in buying tickets. If you are not a very outgoing person, but feel comfortable in small groups, try to get on a nominating committee or something similar. Those committes usually only meet a couple of times, but are a good way to get to know some of the other members.
#74
Was just at a retreat this weekend with a guild who lets me join them, but I don't belong to them, as they are not close to me, but have a GOOD friend who goes and it's near my house here. Anyways, no thank you!!!!!~
I'm a solitary quilter. Don't need to be told what to do, how to do it and then critiqued. Nope. Seems like high school to me with all the cliques.
I don't need to sit around and "talk". I want to SEW!~ Don't need meetings. If I wanted to go to meetings, I'd join weight watchers, which I need to do .
I'm a solitary quilter. Don't need to be told what to do, how to do it and then critiqued. Nope. Seems like high school to me with all the cliques.
I don't need to sit around and "talk". I want to SEW!~ Don't need meetings. If I wanted to go to meetings, I'd join weight watchers, which I need to do .
#75
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 727
I just retired this year and had always wanted to be in a guild. I found one and have gone to the weekly evening "sit and sew" where everyone brings a hand project (quilting, knitting, embroidery etc) they are working on. The conversations and fellowship is very enjoyable to me.
The guild meets once a month on a Saturday. They also have a week-end long "quilt camp" three times a year. The members can stay overnight or just go during the day.
Everyone is to wear their PJ's ...LOL..
The fall camp is next week-end and I am signed up to go...Looking forward to it..
The members have been very kind and made me feel welcome:)
The guild meets once a month on a Saturday. They also have a week-end long "quilt camp" three times a year. The members can stay overnight or just go during the day.
Everyone is to wear their PJ's ...LOL..
The fall camp is next week-end and I am signed up to go...Looking forward to it..
The members have been very kind and made me feel welcome:)
#76
I don't belong to a big guild but I have two small groups that I go to. We meet in each others homes, have a salad lunch or soup. Usually we have some sort of a quilt challenge going on, and one of the groups go tot he beach for 4 days. We have been doing this for about 20+ years. We have made blocks for each other so we all have quilts made that we can snuggle under. I don't enjoy big guilds because they are too impersonal. Jan
#77
I went to two guild meetings. Because I'm still in my 20's, I was told that I "wasn't a real quilter" and "you have got to be kidding, *that* is not a quilt" and the *that* they were referring to was a donation quilt to the AAQI.
I never went back.
To be honest, I've never felt more shunned or as belittled as I did at those 2 meetings. I went to the second one because I thought the first might have been a fluke, but the second meeting I was greeted with, "Oh, you're back. It costs $25 to stay as a non member."
Worst $25 I ever spent.
The QB is my quilt guild, and I love it here.
I never went back.
To be honest, I've never felt more shunned or as belittled as I did at those 2 meetings. I went to the second one because I thought the first might have been a fluke, but the second meeting I was greeted with, "Oh, you're back. It costs $25 to stay as a non member."
Worst $25 I ever spent.
The QB is my quilt guild, and I love it here.
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