Re: OT - Quilt Guild Games

I have a set of those dice! What a great idea. My family didn't think
playing with pennies or nickels was much fun. I may play this with my small
group at our Christmas luncheon. IF I can remember to plan it.
KJ who seems to have a memory like a sieve these days

"Marcella Peek" <marcella@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <11mnv0dgkhfi594@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Diane S. Keagy" <dkeagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am the program chair person for all of our meetings and would like to
>> come
>> up with a new game to play at our Christmas meeting. We've have done the
>> Quilto game and many said it was boring.................so, I thought I
>> would tape the minds of many and see if any of you have suggestions?
>>
>> Thanking you in advance,
>>
>> Diane S. Keagy
>> Amelia Island Quilters
>
> We had Linda Ballard come to our guild. She asked everyone to bring 10
> - 6" squares of fabric. She then gave each table dice that had L, R and
> C on them. You rolled the dice and for every L you passed one of your
> squares Left for every R you passed a square to the person on your Right
> and for every C you put a square in the center of the table. I think
> each table had 3 or 4 dice. It went quickly and pretty soon only one
> person had any squares left. The person left with a square got all the
> squares in their pile and in the center of the table. Then, Linda gave
> everyone a pattern made with 6" squares.
>
> I found the dice at the local game shop at the mall. They came in a
> tube with some poker chips. When I bought them the store clerk said
> that lots of ladies had been buying that game lately :-)
>
> It was fun and the game moved fast even with 7 or 8 at a table.
>
> Also, one year we did a scavenger hunt. That was really fun. Each
> month I read a list of 5 things they needed to find at their home to
> bring to the meeting. I told them if they missed a meeting they missed
> out because no one would want to help the competition. (also, the board
> had agreed to omit the list from the meeting minutes but just say that
> the next 5 items had been given) I had things on the list like:
>
> Bring your oldest guild roster
> Bring a ticket stub from any guild raffle quilt
> Bring a quilt book by someone who has spoken at guild meeting
> Bring a wooden spool
> Bring a thimble
> Bring a guild newsletter
> Bring the ugliest fabric from your stash
> Bring the oldest unfinished quilting project you have
>
> and so on.
>
> A team was whoever ended up at the same table together. Some things
> like the ugliest fabric won individual prizes. I had given each table a
> score *** for them to check off the items the table had brought. The
> winning table got a prize for each person.
>
> The ladies really enjoyed it. I think the oldest unfinished project was
> from the 1970's so that got a good laugh too.
>
>
> marcella


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