I know exactly how you feel. The quilt store I go to has a Block of the Month program that I decided to join so that I could get back into quilting after retiring. I also thought it would be a good opportunity to meet people who were interested in quilting. No such luck. I have been going every month since January and still no one speaks or bothers. Their show and tell items are just beautiful and I would never think of bringing mine to show. I do all my quilting by hand and they are seem to have all these fancy quilting machines etc and boy I wouldn't even try to measure up to their work. I must say I do learn something new every month but that is it