Reminder: Guild meeting Tuesday!

Join us this coming Tuesday for another fantastic guild meeting. We'll be welcoming Susan from Susan's Quilt Paradise for a trunk show and shopping!

Susan's quality control team, who have the very highest standards!

Here's your reminder list of things to bring:

• Your homemade name badge
• Your "First Quilt Inspiration" Challenge
• Your August 2019 BOMs
• Round Robin Exchange #3 - if you can't make it, please make sure you complete your addition and give the bag to a friend who is coming to exchange for you
• 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 Tuesday!

- Cassandra G.

October Speaker and Workshop: Shirley McGuire

Next month for the October guild meeting (Tuesday Oct 15), we'll be joined by the fabulous Shirley McGuire of EZ-WoolWorks for a trunk show and workshop. For her workshop on Saturday October 19th, Shirley will be teaching us how to make an adorable wool pin cushion, two fuzzy wool laundry balls, and a wool wrapped soap bar.

Shirley will be making up kits for us and needs a count, so Andie B. and Tami A. will be taking workshop sign ups and money at both the September and October guild meetings. The workshop is $35, which includes the kit (a $15 value). If you are unable to attend, the kit fee is non-refundable.

We can't wait to welcome Shirley, see her amazing quilts, and have the opportunity to learn from her!

- Cassandra G.

Coming up this month September 2019 at Raincross

This month we will be joined by Susan and her shop, Susan's Quilt Paradise in Beaumont! Susan will be sharing with us a trunk show of her quilts and bring part of her store to our meeting for our shopping pleasure, make sure you bring your pocketbook! We love her store and we can't wait to see what she's bringing.

For those participating in the Round Robin, our next exchange is happening this month, so now is the time to finish up the next round on the quilt top you have and make sure you bring it (or get a friend to bring it for you if you can't make it). Please contact Cassandra G. if you have any questions.

Cassandra also issued a challenge that is due this month: take inspiration from the first quilt or project (or one of your first quilts or projects) and make something new! I'm basing my inspiration on one of the first quilts I made that I call the Geisha House Quilt - I was enraptured by rail fence when I started, so I'm making another rail fence, but I'm using some unusual fabrics. Can't wait to see what inspires you!

If you still have the quilt or project that inspired your challenge, please bring it as well as your new quilt to the meeting this month. Contact Cassandra G. if you have any questions

Barbara M. will be taking reservations for the Raincross Quilt Guild Fall 2019 Retreat "Life's a Beach" for the Oceanside beach house. Please remember to bring at least $100 deposit and get ready to sew with sand between your toes!

See you in a few weeks!

- Cassandra G.