I'm a little late here, but I've been out of town. My guild had a game day
at our last meeting. The girl in charge did a fantastic job, and everyone
left with smiles and some prizes! First, she handed out bandanas in
different colors. I happened to be orange. I then found the other "orange"
people, and we were on one team. They kept a large whiteboard with a chart
for the games, showing each team. 5 points were given for each 1st place, 3
points for second, 2 for third, and 1 for everyone else. I hope I can
remember all the games!

In the first one, each team was given 6 rolls of crepe paper and a roll of
scotch tape. We had to choose one person to be the "model", and then we had
three minutes to come up with a plan and 5 minutes to dress our model! For
example, we decided on a Hawaiian theme, and made a grass skirt and flowers
for the hair and boobs! Can I say that on here? By rounds of applause, we
decided on the winners! Some were really cute, and we had one mummy!

Another game was a relay race. We lined up by team and on a GO signal, the
first person on each team went to a table where there were needles and a
single, 6 " length of thread per team. They had to thread the needle and
return to the line. Then the second person had to add a second needle to
the same piece of thread, and on and on. If any needle fell off, it had to
be replaced by the person who dropped it! The first team done was the
winner.

In another game, each team was given two strips of fabric (36" long) sewn
together lengthwise. They were about 3 inches wide each. We were also
given a seam ripper (99 cent variety). The object was to see which team
could "unsew" the most. There could be no holes and no little pieces of
thread showing. Also, they blew a horn every minute and we had to pass the
ripper on to the next person. In other words, one person couldn't do all
the ripping (unless they did it in under 1 minute). The others "picked" the
threads off.

Another one. This was done on an individual basis; not a team. We all had
to stand, and then sit down if we were "guilty" of certain things.
Like...sewing a pin into a quilt, or melting an iron shape into the
carpeting in your sewing room, or cutting your pattern pieces too small,
etc., etc. The last lady standing won a prize.

Also, they had a poem something about a well dressed quilter. It, too, was
an individual game. Certain things were called out with a number of points.
For example, you got 2 points for each button you had on your clothing, or 4
points if you had green eyes. Other things we a red top, pearls,
sandals, earrings, etc. etc. Each person had a piece of paper to keep track
of their points "on the honor system".

And, I think the last one was Quilting Jeopardy. I don't know where they
got the buzzers, but there was a different color buzzer for each team, and
only one team could buzz in at a time. I did the "buzzing" for our team.
Then they showed slides with either questions or pictures, and the first
team to buzz in with the correct answer got a point. If they had the wrong
answer, they lost a point. We went through about 40 questions, and it was
tough!

Anyway, my team won with the most points, so each of us got a crown and a
$20 gift certificate to JoAnn's.

If you're interested in any of these and need more information, just let me
know!


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Alice in PA
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"Twila P" wrote in message
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Sometime within the next few months I'll be responsible for our quilt
guild's monthly meeting. Usually we have some kind of a demo or a talk
about a quilting related subject. I'd like to "get out of the box" and
do something different. A game night comes to mind only I need help in
figuring out games that I can relate to quilting. Bingo comes to mind
(like "B-scissors" or "G-batiks") but I don't know how to come up with
the numbers to be called so there aren't numerous winners for each game.
Have any of you played a game that was, or could be, adapted to a
quilting theme?