Our little guild of about 47 women has lost our meeting space. It is perfect, storage, tables, chairs, kitchen lots of outlets and in a church. So we have been busy looking at other churches but have not had any success YET!

Where do other guilds meet? Any suggestions? Since we don't raise money and just make quilts for charity money is an issue.

I appreciate your feedback.
Blessings bunches

Our library--which has GREAT tables--lets us meet there free!

Our guild meets at the Senior Center, but this weekend, we are having a workshop at the Library. In our small town, the Senior Center is more like a Community Center. Perhaps you could check into a local nursing home in their multi-purpose room.

For evening meetings we gather at the middle school (old home ec. or art room) Daytimes meetings are held in the upstairs of local town hall. If we meet in summer, we go to individual homes.

Local extention office or community center.

One of the Guilds I belong to meets in a library. The other meets in the classroom of a local quilting shop.

we meet in a KofC hall which is attached to a church so we can use kitchen, other night guild is in a church hall

Our guild is about the same size as yours and we use the community room at the firehouse. We meet one Saturday a month and they let us have the room all day

We meet in the auditorium of a local school. They have AV equipment that they allow us to use and we have the use of the kitchen as well. They have been very cooperative and accommodating.

We meet in the library conference room

One guild used to meet in the town museum. When it got too big we moved to the VA Hospital's auditorium. The other guild meets in the town hall.

I belong to several different guilt guilds that meet in churches.

One particular group makes a guilt, sometimes two different sizes, as a group. This guilt is then raffled by the church in the community. The proceeds raised from the raffle pay the room rental for the year. It ends up being a win-win situation. The raffle proceeds bring in more than the nominal fee for room rental.

Check with your local library or senior center as possibilities.

Keep us updated with your search results.

Pam M

VFW hall?

We are currently meeting in the local Senior Center. It's nice, because it's open to the public!

We meet at the Adult Center (Senior Center). Have a large room once a week but it is not free.

for our regular meetings we meet at a church, but we have been able to use a training room at a bank for our workdays and special teachers - lots of tables, outlets, etc. and since we're a non-profit it's no charge to us. Check with businesses and company's in your area and stress that since you're doing charitable work they MAY be able to get some credit (tax and otherwise) for helping in this way. Many companies have training areas that go unused a lot.

Library, community center, church halls, senior centers are all usually available for group actitities.

Our guild meets at the fire rescue satellite office training facility once a month for reg mtgs and twice a month for sit and sew. We donat a quilt to them to raffle off to cover the use. Has worked very well for almost four years. There are about 26 active members.

Ours used to meet at one of the Veteran's Memorial halls owned by the County, but then the County stopped renting them out. So now we meet in a meeting room at a large indoor Swap Meet here in town. It's pretty nice...lots of space, a stage, and they have given us a closet for storage. We have almost 300 members, and have 1 day and 1 night meeting each month.

My smaller guild used to meet at a church, but now we meet at the local senior center. We also use a local home for seniors for sewing on comfort quilts. The larger guild meets at the Scottish Rite auditorium. Another local guild meets at a fabric shop. (Now that's dangerous!)

The main guild I belong to meets at a women's club. Another guild I belong to meets in the church's banquet hall and a third guild I belong to meets at a senior center. Keep looking. There is a space for you somewhere at no or reasonable cost.

Our guild which is in another town/county from where I live of 32 members meets at the county library in the conference room.

Another quilt guild in my town meets at the seniors center.

Try a local Grange building, 4-H center or a camp.

Ours meets in a bank and we use their Community Room.

The four I attend are held in: Masonic temple, church basement, fabric shop, and library meeting room.

We meet in the activity center of a church. Other guild meets in one of the rooms in the community building on 4-H grounds. I suspect they pay rent. We do too.

We also meet in the lovely community room in a local bank. We have 2 banks in town that allow clubs such as the 4-H club, scout clubs, and our quilting quild to meet in their community room free.

Do any of the local banks have a hospitality room? Our bank is happy to let us use theirs, no kitchen , but there is space to make coffee and tea. Also, some of the employees come in and admire the projects, have been known to carry them to the main room to show customers!! Ask, it can't hurt. Also, some utility companies have conference space available to the public. piecefully, the old one

Our guild meets at the local grange hall. And my embroidery guild meets at the the senior center.

Sounds like you need to check around your neighborhood and see where any large rooms are located. Sounds like a lot of possibilities - and all that may be needed is a simple request.

Is your group a 'non-profit organization' or a group of women who gather for quilting charitable and personal quilts?

There is also the local VFW's or Legion Halls - probably no storage - what you carry in, you have to take back out - but community gathering places, senior centers, libraries, all of which has been mentioned including schools - there may even be rooms available in schools during the school day which are not used on a daily basis! it takes time to find these, but with patience, and preservierance, you will find the perfect spot - quilt on - enjoy!

wow, we meet in a lot of places!

If you were closer you could meet at the quilt shop here in Chapel Hill . Cindy is moving down the road to a larger building.

You can check with your City Hall. We have meeting spaces that we rent out, however if your doing work for charity, they may allow you the space for free.

We meet at a local nursing home in a conference room. I don't like it though, becasue it's where my grandmother died, and I still choke up whenever I go in.

Maybe one of your local quilt shops will let you meet there.

I want to thank you all for the suggestions. We have gone to 54 churches, Lions Club (wants 150a day), Jaycee Bldg (wants 100 a day), Agricultural center (wants 300.00 a day. the banks we have contacted do not have the space, went to electric company, water company, library (very small room for 10), City Hall no meeting room, Boys and Girls Club not able to assist. UGH! We have one possibility of a Civil War Museum, I'm hoping it'll work out. This has been a long 7 days of hitting the bricks knocking on doors. I know we'll find a place. The schools can't help us because we meet during the day. There is a place and I'll keep you posted where we land!

Out of our search we received 50 bolts of fabric donation and have meet very lovely people doing amazing ministry all through our little town. That alone is worth the search! :-)

Communtiy Centers, Senior Centers, Librarys, Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, Vacant retail space (work with owner), and of course, our churches.
D in TX

Our Grady County Quilters meet in our public library conference room, but we meet during the day hours. Sometimes, we book the room for a workshop, push lots of tables together, and baste quilts. We bring our picnic lunch and make a day of it.

you may want to consider a church fellowship hall or local library.