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Guild Meeting
Oct. 8th, 2019 07:28 pmThe guild meeting went well! I managed to win the fat quarter raffle! The theme was "jewel tones" and I hazarded a marbled blue that I deemed "sapphire enough," which I won back with the pot. I now have a handful of sorely-needed purples, a nice yellow, a solid navy blue, and a speckled green. I am delighted with my winnings, and am already making plans. I am not particularly motivated to try the more overt gambling the guild sponsors, though Mitzi won forty seven dollars today.
The guild is headhunting me for a position on the board - Programs Chair is opening up. All positions are volunteer positions, of course. But this might be interesting. I'm gonna go to the next board meeting and have lunch with the current Programs Chair. I have a few more takers for the paper piecing lesson - Linda and Mitzi showed off their new nametags, and at least one sewing bee wants me to visit them.
This guild has been a lesson in how to make friends with people who do not have much in common with me, demographically speaking. You gotta really put yourself out there, because people will not naturally gravitate towards you. It's very easy to float through a group like a lonely cloud. That's why I picked up the bears, and why I am offering to teach workshops, and why I'm considering the board position. It's working.
I might try to branch out. Other guilds let you attend their meetings for five bucks. I might shop around a bit, see what's up. I heard there are Young People in the modern quilt guild, though I have my reservations about the modern palette, which is alarmingly neon and gray. Although a member of the modern guild did compliment Smaug and say he was a great Modern Quilt, so who knows I may be stereotyping their style. Smaug got a lot of compliments, and so did my little alien quilt. A lot of people stopped me for a closer look. That feels great, after the amount of sweat I put into them.
The guild is headhunting me for a position on the board - Programs Chair is opening up. All positions are volunteer positions, of course. But this might be interesting. I'm gonna go to the next board meeting and have lunch with the current Programs Chair. I have a few more takers for the paper piecing lesson - Linda and Mitzi showed off their new nametags, and at least one sewing bee wants me to visit them.
This guild has been a lesson in how to make friends with people who do not have much in common with me, demographically speaking. You gotta really put yourself out there, because people will not naturally gravitate towards you. It's very easy to float through a group like a lonely cloud. That's why I picked up the bears, and why I am offering to teach workshops, and why I'm considering the board position. It's working.
I might try to branch out. Other guilds let you attend their meetings for five bucks. I might shop around a bit, see what's up. I heard there are Young People in the modern quilt guild, though I have my reservations about the modern palette, which is alarmingly neon and gray. Although a member of the modern guild did compliment Smaug and say he was a great Modern Quilt, so who knows I may be stereotyping their style. Smaug got a lot of compliments, and so did my little alien quilt. A lot of people stopped me for a closer look. That feels great, after the amount of sweat I put into them.
