I don't expect response to my posting as I am "one of THOSE Smoking people", I haven't joined any guilds as I'm sure that I would offend someone with any smell of smoke that happened to be on me and I had my fill of Cliques when I was in school many many years ago. IMHO those cliques make a person feel so inferior and I feel that way enough on my own that I don't need complete strangers treating me that way. I would love to have some comrade feeling friends to help me learn new aspects of quilting beyond what I have learned myself from You Tube and following blogs that I can glean information from. Perhaps someday I will get brave enough to seek out a guild to attend to see how I'm treated (hopefully nicely) and possibly join since I am at the "sponge stage" just wanting to soak in any knowledge that I can in every aspect of quilting. Thank You members of this most wonderful place of learning called The Quilting Board!
Jeri