question about your quilt guild
09-10-2012, 04:58 PM
#11
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Destin, Fl
Posts: 1,878
Our guild has 2 meetings a month. One is at a local quilt shop. We always learn something new either from our guild leader or volunteers. We have show and tell for the projects we are working on. Last month we made blocks for a quilt that will be raffled off to raise money to make charity quilts. One Saturday a month we have a sew in at a local church. We have a donation box and we donate money to the church for letting us use there awesome space. I usually donate $5. You are not required to made a $ donation. We sew for 6 hours and get a LOT accomplished. The space is so large, it is very easy to sandwich a quilt. There are outlets everywhere. I love my guild.
09-13-2012, 03:31 AM
#12
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 5,051
If this guild isn't a good fit for you, then you should look for another guild, and hopefully one that isn't so far away. A larger guild is more likely to have paid speakers and classes. Smaller guilds have trouble finding speakers and organizing events, unless someone really steps up as program chairman, and even then they may not have the finances to do it.
I disagree, when you join a guild, you need and should get involved and not sit in the corner expecting "someone" to do "something". Leaving a guid without your participation does not solve the problem. probably the same old members do all of the work. Sounds like this guild could use a planning committee with new ideas to present each month. We plan our events for the year in a casual planning meeting in January. Anyone is welcome to attend and contribute.
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