Like most things Quilt Guilds take time. Time to go to the meetings, time to go to the various workshops and classes and time to enjoy the companionship of other quilters. The Guild I belong to has an annual membership fee. We donate a quilt a year, to a worthy cause of our choice. The guild covers the cost of the material and the membership does the work. Last year's donated quilt earned the gifted group over $4000. I hope to make a sampler quilt out of the different blocks we have used in our donated quilts; as well as techniques I have learned in our many workshops. So, yes, I think Quilt Guilds can be a good thing.