Lucky you! I would love to see her, I have done a couple of her BOMs (even though I am not a BOM fan) and several of her other patterns. I love her templates, they really allow you to do some fussycutting if you desire and the results can be spectacular.

Bella, eventually you will win out by attrition and it sounds like those ladies will be leaving you plenty to spend when the time comes.

Bella, not that you are wanting to, but I left a guild that was like that.
Also, they had all their workshops on Sunday morning!! I guess it was more convenient for the ladies that formed most of the clique in that guild. I am glad that I found a new guild with older ladies and younger, that want to learn. Last month we had Faye Hayne, who works with Marti, come to our guild. She is a lot of fun too, and brings Marti's rulers and pattens to share. She started our guild way back when.
I love Marti's Tess-elating Windmill pattern and ruler.