ideas for quilt meetings
#21
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Dakotas
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I really like this idea - tried 2 different quilts and felt very much on the outside. At break time everyone gathered into their little groups, which I understand, but I felt left out. Tried going back a second time and same thing happened, and didn't try a third. It is hard for a newcomer, at least me, to go up to a group and try to participate. I felt like I was really intruding when I tried that. But to have a designated group for newcomers and people to talk with - I would have loved that!
#22
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 3,729
We just had a Christmas in July program. We had 3 members do a demo on a quick gift idea. The guild members took a color strip when they signed in to the meeting. This divides the members into groups to visit the 3 stations at the same time. Yellow group goes to 1 table to view the demo and other 2 colors go to their matching color tables. After 15-20 minutes at 1 demo, the groups rotate until they have all seen the 3 demos. Its fun and you get to talk to members you may not have had a chance to get to know.
#23
A lot of our guild members are gone for the summer, so last year we had a "get to know your fellow quilter" at our first meeting in the fall after most everyone was back. We were each told to bring in something that represented what we had done that summer. One gal had gone on a trip to Alaska, so she brought in some fabric with items found in Alaska on them, another had gone to a wedding, so she brought in some memento from the wedding, one gal brought in a piece of lumber. She had worked on a Quilter's Lumberyard patter during the summer. We all put what we had brought on a table and each piece was assigned a number. Then we were all given papers and tried to figure out which item belonged to which guild member. There was a prize for the person getting the most right. It was really fun and got everyone to talking to each other.
We have two meetings each month. The first is our business meeting and after the meeting we have a "sewcial" where we bring our machines and work on whatever we want. Sometimes one of our members teaches a class of something that people want to learn. The second meeting is usually some sort of program, trunk show, or class taught by someone outside the guild.
We have two meetings each month. The first is our business meeting and after the meeting we have a "sewcial" where we bring our machines and work on whatever we want. Sometimes one of our members teaches a class of something that people want to learn. The second meeting is usually some sort of program, trunk show, or class taught by someone outside the guild.
#24
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 15
left out also
I really like this idea - tried 2 different quilts and felt very much on the outside. At break time everyone gathered into their little groups, which I understand, but I felt left out. Tried going back a second time and same thing happened, and didn't try a third. It is hard for a newcomer, at least me, to go up to a group and try to participate. I felt like I was really intruding when I tried that. But to have a designated group for newcomers and people to talk with - I would have loved that!
Flash back two years ago. There had been some complaints that my current guild was not welcoming. I decided to make it my mission to greet every new person. I did that at each meeting and then found them a guild member to sit with and introduced the new person all around. Now I am the guild president and I still personally welcome all new members and chit chat with them. I also introduce myself to people who attend guild that I do not recognize. Sometimes they are old members who are just coming back or someone who rarely comes, rarely are they a friend, but at my age my mind is slipping. Our guild has 170 members so I guess I can lighten up on myself. Anyway, I will continue to attend the guild before we permanently relocate to Tyler, Tx. It is the only game in town and we have bought our retirement home.
#25
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,426
I am a member of three guilds. My first time ever going to guild meeting they asked for volunteers to help with a committee. I raised my hand. That's all it took. If you are new then raise your hand and offer your help. You will be a known by name member in no time.
#27
Block of the Month? See who's willing to teach a workshop on guild day, or share family quilts and give a talk.
We have FatQtr Stack (about 5) tied with a ribbon, and when everyone is signed in they draw a number out of the jar and that person wins.
We have FatQtr Stack (about 5) tied with a ribbon, and when everyone is signed in they draw a number out of the jar and that person wins.
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