I won't go into too much detail about our local guild; our activities are pretty much like the rest of you. Something we used to do when we first started, about six years ago: We would learn a new technique or a new block each month; then we would pick a color scheme (i.e., Valentine time it would be reds and pinks.) Each member would bring a block the next month in those colors, using the block or technique taught, all the same size blocks, and we would have a drawing for those blocks. It was such fun, and if we won we came home usually with enough blocks to make a wall hanging or a baby quilt, which we showed at the next month's meeting. Wish we still did that!