perhaps don't worry so much about starting a GUILD, but just get some like minded folks together to share the JOYS of quiltings/sewing/learning/sharing! Then if it holds up, you can get into the long drawn out ordeal of forming a guild, wriing by-laws and the constitution, getting a lawyer to approve them, filing for a 501 charter, getting a board together...well..you get the drift I am sure...starting a GUILD is really not easy, and rarely any fun!