elkayr Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 What does your guild do for Christmas? I think I'm expected to come up with entertainment of some kind. We have all kinds of food, etc. Just looking for ideas on what you do at your guild for Christmas. Thanks, Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 We have food, talk and then have a Chinese something. Everyone brings a wrapped gift and picks a number. When it's time to give out the gifts: 1. You take your turn at picking a gift by the number you have, then you unwrap it in front of everyone. 2. Then the person with the next number can pick one of the new gifts or if you don't want to pick one of the new gifts you can take someone elses gift that you like. 3. The same item can be taken from others a maximum of 3 times. We set a $25.00 gift limit but just about everyone brought something that they made. I hope this makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 I belong to a big guild, more than 200 members. Normally we have food, talk and have show-n-tell. When you come in your name is entered into the drawings, normally 3 baskets or something like that. The guild normally has a basket of fat quarters and you get to pick one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Our guild is about 100 members, we usually bring food of course and then a pack of fat qtrs, those who bring fat qtrs get their names put in for a drawing ( each FQ pack gets an entry) for approx we divide the FQ in half and have two drawings for them (usually ends up being two big tubs) , we have door prizes (donated from the LQS, businesses, etc) and we also select about 7-10 older people from a local nursing home (rather than the angel tree as most elderly are overlooked at this time of year) we get into groups and provide something from their want list (usually ends up at 5 to 6 items that they each need) and this provides christmas for them. Our party is in advance enough that we can get these things to them in time for Christmas. OH yeah, one of our members is a professional Mr. and Mrs. Claus so of course we get a visit from Santa during the evening! Vicki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmiequilts Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 One of my guilds has a pot luck dinner, the table are set for the holidays and we have a grab bag where who ever wants to brings wrapped FQs and then you get to go pick one from the pile when your table is called. We've played Quilter's Bingo and a game like musical chairs but with a gift being passed around. We've had word search puzzles and clue type puzzles as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 All wonderful ideas, I like connie's dirty santa idea. We have such a large family and at christmas we play dirty santa, otherwise it would cost too much to buy for everyone. Besides dirty santa is so much more fun than just picking a name out of a hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWBowser Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 The guild I belong to has had an auction to benefit our programs. Members bring things that they no longer want, such as books, fabric, tops, quilts, gifts, cookies, candy and we have an auctioneer come and run an auction. After the auction we have a luncheon with some members bringing main dish items and others bringing salads or desserts. Our guild meets on Saturday morning so it is possible to do without worrying about the time. We have also had drawings where members bring cut strips or squares and a name is drawn and that person goes home with the fabric pieces. Charlotte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 We do potluck with a big ham provided by the Guild. The it's FQ Bingo time. One FQ buys you one card--more FQs for extra cards. That takes up a good hour. We all bring our holiday quilts/wallhangings to decorate the room. We also draw the winner of our raffle quilt and then call them to tell them they have won. That's the most fun of all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Hey Linda, We have also played bingo at one of meetings but we made our own cards using a 9 patch with differant fabrics and colors. The winner gets all of the blocks at the end to make a scrappy quilt. Lots of fun! Vicki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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