Reminder: Guild meeting tomorrow, including special sale!

We recently received a very generous donation of over 100 quilt kits from Riverside person who wishes to remain anonymous. Her desire is that we use her kits in our charitable projects, which is so wonderful. Thank you Ms N! We have already started distributing her kits and fabric for Survivor Bags, ChildHelp, Quilts of Valor, and Comfort Quilts.

In the collection, there are several quilt kits which are either quite small or don't really work with any of our charitable projects, so the Board has decided that we would take these kits and sell them via Nancy's Notions at a price well below original retail but still a decent price, ranging from $15-$55. The proceeds of these sales will go directly into our charitable projects to help buy batting, backing fabric, etc. So, if you're in the mood to shop, you may want to bring some extra cash or your checkbook to pick up one of these great deals!

Not the actual kits - I'm an idiot and didn't take a picture this morning before I left for work.

Here's your reminder list of things to bring:

• Your homemade name badge
• Your Raincross Quilt Guild pin, which is worth an EXTRA ticket in the door prize drawing! If you don't have one, you can purchase one for $5 at the door.
• If you were born in April, July, or November, you're invited to bring a snack to share (but it's not required!).
• Bottled water or other non-alcoholic drink

See you all Tomorrow!

- Cassandra G.

Labor Day: Working Hard to Make You Laugh

In honor of Labor Day, here's a first person report of someone who was not quite as successful as he had hoped to be in the job market:

As a young woman...

• My first job was in an orange juice factory, but I couldn't concentrate on the same old boring rind, so I got canned.
• Then I worked in the woods as a lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe.
• After that, I tried working in a donut shop, but I soon got tired of the hole business.
• I manufactured calendars, but my days were numbered.
• I tried to be a tailor, but I just wasn't suited for it. Mainly because it was a sew-sew job, de-pleating and de-pressing.
• I took a job as an upholsterer, but I never recovered.

In my prime...

• Next I tried working in a car muffler factory, but that was exhausting.
• I wanted to be a barber, but I just couldn't cut it.
• Then I was a pilot, but tended to wing it, and I didn't have the right altitude.
• I studied to become a doctor, but I didn't have enough patients for the job.
• I became a Velcro salesman, but I couldn't stick with it.
• I tried my hand at a professional career in tennis, but it wasn't my racket. I was too high strung.
• I became a baker, but it wasn't a cakewalk, and I couldn't make enough dough. 
• I was a masseur for a while, but I rubbed people the wrong way.
• I managed to get a good job working for a pool maintenance company, but the work was just too draining.

Later in life...

• Then I became a personal trainer in a gym, but they said I wasn't fit for the job.
• I thought about being a historian, but I couldn't see a future in it.
• Next I was an electrician, but I found the work shocking and revolting, so they discharged me.
• I tried being a teacher, but I soon lost my principal, my faculties, and my class.
• I turned to farming, but I wasn't outstanding in my field.
• I took a job as an elevator operator. The job had its ups and downs, and I got the shaft.
• I sold origami, but the business folded.

Finally...

• I took a job at UPS, but I couldn't express myself.
• I tried being a fireman, but I suffered burnout.
• I became a banker, but I lacked interest and maturity, and finally withdrew from the job.
• I was a professional fisherman, but I couldn't live on my net income.
• I next worked in a shoe factory, but I just didn't fit in. They thought I was a loafer, and I got the boot.
• I worked at Starbucks, but I had to quit because it was always the same old grind.

So I've retired, and I find I'm a perfect fit for this job!

- Cassandra G.

Coming up this month September 2018 at Raincross

Here's your monthly round up of upcoming events this month at Raincross Quilt Guild, specifically what to expect at our next guild meeting and other unique events.

Just a reminder of other regularly scheduled events include Sew Night (the first Wednesday of the month at the First United Methodist Church in Riverside) and Friendship Quilters (the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at the Goeske Center). If you are interested in those events, please check out the guild Calendar and/or post in the comments below and we'll help you learn more about them.

New Leaves quilt by Ruth Powers

Coming up at this month's Raincross Quilt Guild meeting...

A trunk show by your Raincross Quilt Guild Board and Committee members! This month we'll be diving into the quilt rooms of some of our members during the home tour and we thought we'd kick it off by diving into some of our members quilts!

Other unique RQG activities coming up this month...

Saturday September 29th will be our Quilt Room Home Tour! This is your opportunity to see how someone else sets up their sewing area. Join us for the moving party! More details to follow soon.

- Cassandra G.