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What do you love about your quilt guild/group?

Old 01-22-2011, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
I belonged to one guild for one year. I hated it. I was the youngest (23 at the time) and was told that I shouldn't be a member because I wasn't old enough to quilt or have the respect needed to properly care for a quilt.

So this board is my guild. I love it here.
I am so sorry that you had the above experience...I just can't imagine someone being so hateful as to say that to you. Sounds like perhaps the other members may have been too full of themselves. Now you are here among friends and sharing the love of the art form of quilting. Glad you are here.
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Old 01-22-2011, 02:22 PM
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I have been putting a lot in the guild already - I am on a mission to really get a good, strong, active guild going. The one guild I went to about a year ago was boring, all business and they didn't have anything going on at all. I do plan to set up different quilting groups and have some classes. We have a Joann's opening soon and I intend to approach the manager and see about getting in with them there for smaller meetings - once a week if at all possible for different things - small project of the month, charity quilting, technique of the month, etc. I have a few quilt and sewing stores in town that have expressed a big interest in having us meet there as well which is fabulous. I'm looking forward to getting it all set up and going.

I am hoping to come up with some ideas for a quick game or something to do at each meeting - like a quilt square bingo game, exchanges etc. It's going to be fabulous :)
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Old 01-22-2011, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
I belonged to one guild for one year. I hated it. I was the youngest (23 at the time) and was told that I shouldn't be a member because I wasn't old enough to quilt or have the respect needed to properly care for a quilt.

So this board is my guild. I love it here.
Shame on them! I'm glad you're here though.
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Old 01-22-2011, 03:07 PM
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A guild is like any other public club. There will be great people and other people who are there to be takers. The best way to get the most out of any group is to be active and not afraid to speak up. The advantages of a larger guild is that they have money to hire speakers and instructors. The disadvatage is that there are a much higher percentage of disgruntled members to rain on your parade. If you join a guild volunteer in some capacity. Also be willing to do the job you take for a limited time, say one year or season. Then give someone else a chance. If you are in charge of speakers etc. you will get to meet personally some really great quilters. I served as program chair for both of my guilds at one time. I made a lot of friends among the local quilt experts. It was not unusual for one of them to give me a small gift or a special discount on one of their products. It is nice to run into one of them at a public show and have them remember you.
Both of my guilds have refreshments. One a pot luck lunch every meeting and the other just drinks and snacks. They both offer opportunities to donate goodies at least once a year.
There are also opportunities like Block of the Month. My first guild has allowed one of the early members to dominate that project for more than 20 years. She has made very restricting rules that should have been dropped years ago. I have not participated in that exchange in a very long time. She always dictates the pattern, includes one fabric that has to be used and sets the parameters of who can win etc. She also bills the guild for the fabric she gives to those who plan on participating. Of course she marters herself by having to cut it into pieces each month. When it was a very small guild if everyone didn't participate there were not enough blocks for anyone to make a quilt. Now that there are more than 100 members the rule that says if you win you have to participate without a chance of winning for the next 6 months is just stupid. The other guild usually has someone new do Block of the month each year. She comes up with the design and maybe suggests a fabric but that is all. There are no limits to how often you can win. It is no surprise that they often have enough entries to give away two sets of blocks. The second guild gets a whole lot of show and tells from members who participate in their Block of the Month. The other guild has it's winners busy making blocks they can't win for the next six months.
I have met and made friends with many other quilters through both of my guilds. It is a wonderful place to find your quilt soulmates.
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Old 01-22-2011, 04:02 PM
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I belong to the C.A.M.E.O. quilt guild. It is awesome. It stands for "Come and Meet Each Other. We have lots of activities with speakers and workshops, two potlucks a year. national quilting day, charity sewing day, a retreat and lots of other things. I just organized an I Spy block exchange. We had 33 participate. it was fun.
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Old 01-22-2011, 04:29 PM
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Our group loves show and tell and the BOM that we are doing. We also have a retreat planned and do some little classes on techniques. We all like to shop at the end of our meetings and we meet in a store ;)

My favorite thing is just the creativity and laughter we share :)

I'm one of the co-presidents of the Austin Modern Quilt Guild :)
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Old 01-22-2011, 04:45 PM
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I am hoping to come up with some ideas for a quick game or something to do at each meeting - like a quilt square bingo game, exchanges etc. It's going to be fabulous :)[/quote]

You could play LRC with charms. We use 10 5" charms for each player. Lots of fun.
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Old 01-23-2011, 04:38 AM
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I put quilt poems, word seaches, funny facts in my newsletter, we try to have a speaker 3x a yr at least and we have a holiday party outside of our usual meeting place...and this yr we had a snack nite, everyone brought, we ate and exchanged ogod and recipes and we also had an auction---white elephant sale, made $10.00 but was fun...
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Old 01-23-2011, 05:14 AM
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Have a small group called 4-4 Fun the four of us work on group projects sometimes. Larger groups, one club has around 35 members (most retired) and we have a ball. 2nd guild is larger and has a more diverse age range, all the way from youngsters, they pay 1/2 membership dues (most whose mother quilts and have infected their daughters) to some in their 80's. We really do not have a lot of cattiness in any of the groups.
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Old 01-23-2011, 05:15 AM
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What part of Alabama, are you from...Hope close to me..
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