Meetings are generally held the third Monday of the month with exceptions sometimes occurring in months with holidays. There is an afternoon meeting at 1:00 pm and an evening meeting at 7:00 pm. The meetings are held at the Bradley Centre, 975 Shearme Road, Coombs, BC. Members are welcome to attend either meeting, or both.

Meetings include

• Information - some are business meetings
• Program - may be a speaker, a presentation, a workshop or demonstration
• Library - lots of books and magazines to choose from
• Secret Sister - gift exchange
• Door Prizes - in house
• Show and Tell
• Merchants Table
• Refreshments
• A chance to meet, share ideas and be inspired by other members

Membership
Membership is $25.00 per year and runs from June 1 to May 31. The fee for new members joining after January is $10.00. Your membership may be paid at the meetings or mailed to the Membership Chairperson at the Guild address.
Members receive at least five newsletters per year and a membership list. All members in good standing as of December 31st 2005 will be able to enter their quilts into the "Silver Threads" Show. Our Guild is run by volunteers who give their time to make our Guild successful. Please volunteer to help as it is a great way to meet people.

Program
The Program Committee usually provides demonstrations, speakers or short classes each month. In October the "Fun, Food and Friendship" workshop weekend include a choice of different classes, a dinner Saturday and a special speaker.
In February our "Cabin Fever" workshop weekend will provide more opportunities for taking classes. December and June are generally party times with finger food and special activities.

Members in good standing have the privilege of borrowing books and magazines form our extensive library.

Library Policies

• Library items should be returned to the library as you enter the hall. These library items need to be processed so that they will be ready to take out again before the library opens.
• Overdue library items will have the following fines applied.
  • First month overdue - $1.00 per library item.
  • Second and each additional month overdue - an additional $2.00 per library item per month.
  • Third month - an invoice will be sent for the value of the books.
• Library privileges will be suspended immediately if outstanding fines are not paid when items are returned overdue.
• Any outstanding fines and/or replacement costs as per invoices sent out will be added to your membership renewal fee.
• The Library will be open only when directed by an announcement during a break in activities. The only members allowed into the library during the meeting will be executive and committee members that have a job to perform during the break when the library is open. (e.g. program, membership, door raffle people, etc.)
• Your current membership card must be shown at the gate to the library before entry will be allowed. This card must also be shown at checkout time to take out library items.
• Only eight to ten guild members will be allowed into the library at one time.
• Reserved items will only be held for two months and then put back into circulation.