How much do you pay for yearly membership in your quilt guild?
#51
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Texas
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I belong to 2 quilt guilds, one with 150+ members and one with 50+ members. Both guilds' annual fee is $25. Since their year starts at different times (September and January), the cost is spread out. The larger guild has a quilt show & auction every other year. This guild has been around for at least 40 years, and they bring in nationally known speakers. They also have a small item raffle at each meeting with 5 to 10 different items, where the tickets are 5 for $1. The smaller guild has at least one raffle quilt and a silent auction every year and a small item raffle each month. We also have a "special" raffle item at our August birthday party and December Christmas party. The tickets for those are usually $5 each. We have had a couple sewing machines donated by one of the LQSs and they donated a quilting chair for this year's birthday party raffle. We have also had an Oliso iron, an Ott floor lamp and a quilt ladder which was made by the husband of one member. This guild has only been in existence for 5 years, and brings in local speakers. Both guilds have charity bees, and the smaller one has a Quilts of Valor bee.
Both guilds meet in local churches, which charge for use of the meeting room. That, after the speakers, is probably the largest expense. Then there are office expenses (p.o. box, stationery, postage, photocopying).
Both guilds meet in local churches, which charge for use of the meeting room. That, after the speakers, is probably the largest expense. Then there are office expenses (p.o. box, stationery, postage, photocopying).
#52
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Texas
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We have the business meeting at 9:30 a.m. and the program starts at 10:00 a.m. We have lunch at 11 a.m. then a workshop or open sewing until 4 pm. We are having a problem with the older members not being quiet during the meeting. They sit and talk among themselves and don't realize (care) they are very loud. The President doesn't want to be rude but sometimes she has to call them down and they get all huffy. And even when asked to turn their cells off they don't and will speak loud all the way to the door to go out and talk more. I told my quilting friends if I start acting like that when I get older to please just tell me to go home and stay there.
#54
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Texas
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Both the guilds I belong to have part of the business meeting (committee reports, BOM, etc.) at the beginning of the meeting, then the program, then the raffle and end with Show & Tell. Everyone stays for Show & Tell.
#55
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Here and there
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$25 for one, $20 for another and $12 for a sewing club not limited to quilting. The guilds have fund raisers that really aren't all that successful. There were some complaints about a recent proposal to increase dues, so I suggested that everyone pay the old dues and then make a $5 or $10 contribution and nearly everyone did. Aren't people wonderful. froggyintexas
#56
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My guild is $10 a year. We have workshops and some speakers. A lot of the workshops are given by members. If there is a bus trip etc we all pay individually for that, whomever comes. Some members are retired and can go to almost all of the trips. Some still work and can't get off for trips.
#58
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 1,663
I don't belong to a quilt guild, but I do belong to a smocking/needlework guild. We are fairly small (membership is limited to 50 due to the facility we use). Our guild dues are $15 per year, and we are also required to join the national organization at a cost of $35 per year.
#59
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 727
Hello, all. After yet another knock-down, drag-out guild meeting this morning, I am asking the question: How much is the yearly membership fee to belong to your local quilt guild?
Do you think it is a fair amount? In other words, do you get your "money's worth"?
This is purely un-scientific - I'm just curious as to how much other guilds charge for membership fees.
Do you think it is a fair amount? In other words, do you get your "money's worth"?
This is purely un-scientific - I'm just curious as to how much other guilds charge for membership fees.
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