I used to go to my local quilt shop in town and was always welcomed, we could chat and sometimes had hilariously funny hours at a time. So I went to a guild meeting thinking it would be similar. Nope, it was filled with old, set in their ways, quilt policing ladies who insisted that their way was the right way. I was even told I should never even consider entering a quilt into the local county fair until I had been quilting at least 5 to 7 years. I'll never go back.