 | Christmas Party
 | The Guild Christmas Party is held in
December at a local restaurant. A gift exchange is held and we
have a Christmas block raffle. |
| Our gift exchange is a lot of fun.
Each person brings a wrapped gift and puts it under the Christmas
tree. Everyone is given a number and when that number is
announced, she has the choice of going to the tree and getting a
present or stealing one from another member. You never know which
present you will end up with until the end. |
| We also have a Christmas block raffle.
The Christmas committee gives guild members the guidelines for the
Christmas block. If you want to participate, you make the
block and bring it to the party. You then have a chance to win
some of the blocks. |
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| Guild Picnic
| The 3rd Thursday in June is the guild
picnic held at McConnells Mills State Park. |
| Members bring a covered dish to share and
the guild provides the meat and refreshments. |
| A few months before the picnic, the
president issues a challenge for a quilt block for the picnic.
If you want to participate, you make the block(s) and bring it
(them) to the picnic. during the picnic you have a
chance to win some of the blocks. |
| We also play a few games and have door
prizes. It is a fun evening of games, socializing and friendship. |
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| Miscellaneous
| Through out the year other activities
arise. In the past we have gone on various quilt shop trips,
had a fabric dying party, and other classes held on a different day
than the regular guild meeting. |
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| Quilt Retreat
| We offer a quilt retreat in the fall to
our members. It starts on a Friday afternoon and ends on a Sunday.
It's a weekend of fun, door prizes, friendship and lots of sewing
time. |
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| Quilt Show
| The quilt show is held every other year.
There is a quilt show committee that is made up of guild members,
which puts the show together. |
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| Work Nights
| There are two meetings per year that we
set aside for work nights. |
| We work together on any giving or raffle
quilts or a project of our own. |
| "Giving Quilt" is a quilt made for a
special purpose. It can be an ABC quilt, a lap quilt for the
elderly in a nursing home, or a raffle quilt for another charity.
In other words our "Giving Quilt Program" is our way to contribute
to the community and help others. |
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