damaquilts

Closet here.. I don't do well in crowds and honestly the politics of groups just makes me ill. There is always something. And really my health doesn't let me go out too much especially at night when most of the meetings are and since they are mostly in church groups around here that's not for me either.

quilter1

I am a lone quilter. I tried a guild as a member for 4 years, even went on 2 trips to shows, but never managed to feel accepted. Sometimes guild members are not accepting of new people, I would love to belong to a group, or even have someone else to quilt with occasionally.

kathyquilts40

Hi MaryAnn,

We have a group of ladies that sew at our church, First Baptist in Naples. Right now it has stopped due to Christmas but will start again in January if you are interested. It is free and we have all levels of sewing/quilting. Young and old attend. Let me know if you are interested. My email is [email protected]

lclang

A friend and I started a guild some 25 years ago and it is still going strong. There is room for the newbie and all kinds of free help/advice if people let us know what they want to learn. We have show and tell every month and that alone is worth the price of the membership. We have some youngsters that come with a mom or grandma and one lady who is 92 who still comes when she is able. We do a lot of charity work, quilts for the NICU, cancer hats for the cancer center, now getting quilts together to send after the hurricane in the East. We have some very experienced quilters and some very new ones. All are welcome. If you haven't tried a quilting group, please do. Sometimes you may not find a fit the first time. Check out the churches in your area, the library, community colleges, senior centers, etc for groups that meet in their facilities if you don't have a guild near you.

An Arm Long

I belong to a guild made up of 18 wonderful women who love to quilt. We meet twice a month and sometimes do projects together but mostly bring something to work on of our own. On alternate weeks a smaller group of us meet for hand applique or hand quilting or other hand work like finishing bindings and talking. We bring our lunches to both groups and meet from 10AM to 2PM.
I have learned so much from them and find them to be so positive - not catty remarks about other people. Just positive discussions about our quilting and our lives and families.
We meet in a room at our local library where we have free space with lots of tables and plugins for our machines. Once a year we provide some of our quilts for the library to display for their annual quilt show.
I do my machine quilting at home in my sewing room where I have my machine and longarm. I find that with other people talking around me, I am more likely to make mistakes as I am not paying attention to what I am doing!

sguillot

I don't belong to a guild but I love quilting with others. I take as many classes at my LQS and time and money allows also I go there the 4th Wednesday of the month for a sew in day and love it.

RV Quilter

I enjoy quilting by myself in our motorhome. We have a small quilting group in our RV park that meets weekly to quilt that I also enjoy the socializing and sharing ideas.

jclinganrey

Francie - - - I'm in too! What's for dinner? How nice of you. Wow!

I belong to a guild and a friendship group, both meet once a month. I'm BOM chair at my guild. I 'auditioned' 3 different guilds before I decided which one to join. I'm the first to say guilds can sometimes get too 'political' and become not much fun. Mostly, though, I find the guilds to be a source of inspiration, an opportunity to meet with like-minded people, classes with well-known teachers, etc. Here in Orange County CA, we have Camp Watch-a-Patcher (what a name!) every two years which is a great opportunity to really delve into quilting. I do my sewing/quilting at home, as others have said, where I have my things where I want them.

Definitely not a 'closet' quilter as all my family & friends know I'm a quilter and/or have received a quilt from me.

Jane

WMD926

I'm a closet quilter. I got back into sewing after I got cancer and my treatments remove my immunities - soo - can't be to social but sewing and reading have helped me pass the time plus they are fun for me - opens up my creative side.

grummy2393

For years I was a closet quilter, then when we moved to Florida, I joined a guild and haven't looked back.
I love all the ladies and their incredible work.
Diane Perry