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Set guidelines that everyone must agree to.
I suggest reading the book "The Necklace". It's an easy read, and you can apply it to starting up your group. Good luck. |
Originally Posted by sueisallaboutquilts
From your description it sounds like some rules need to be set down.
Problem 1: Some people only showed up when their quilt was in the frame. Problem 2: One person showed up drunk (not a good sign at lunchtime!) Problem 3: Not rotating homes. Problem 4: You didn't get to work on anything for you. Problem 5: People forgetting who's supposed to bring lunch. Unless these issues can be resolved I would either find another group or not start it up again!!! I totally agree! |
yes, but not at yourn house and make up some ground rules.
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Originally Posted by MemoryKeeper
I think you should spend more time writing and less time with your "club"...at least until you have enough material for a book. I sure loved your query. I was weary from rearranging furniture and I recognized all the characters you described, except for the drunken quilter. Sometimes friends will drive us to drink, sometimes they drive us home. Hang in there.
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Originally Posted by momof4
Set guidelines that everyone must agree to.
I suggest reading the book "The Necklace". It's an easy read, and you can apply it to starting up your group. Good luck. |
Originally Posted by ssgramma
Not unless the location rotates so that you don't have all the cleanup!
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I agree with the other ladies, I have a small group but we set up a calendar and each person takes a turn and they do the lunch and dessert, this way it is not all on you. I would not invite the person that drinks or I would let her know that there will be no drinking before the get together if she wants to join you.
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Fist meeting? Out for lunch!
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If you move from house to house, then the quilt that gets quilted is the person whos house it's at. That way everyones quilt get quilted. Or you can meet (we meet at a resturant/bar that has a meeting room), we do it Sunday afternoons. We can each bring our own things to work on, or we can work on things together. We also have room for our machines if we want. The only thing we have to do is clean up our own mess. And everyone gets something to drink. So the business gets some money. They also give us deals on special snacks, so some of us get something.
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If it was up to me I would suggest rotating sites. I would also say that bring a sack lunch so we don't spend so much time on the food part and in case some folks are dieting. If you still want to have it at your house just say I don't want to take up the space for the floor frame.
But to be honest, they were all there, they saw how it went and I think they are just taking advantage of you. And frankly it doesn't sound like you were really having any fun, so why bother. |
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