Hang in there I joined our local guild in Jan. and some of them are still a little clicky but I keep going and the more that I am there the more people talk to me. As for the show and tell I felt the same way--didn't want to bring in my simple rag quilt that I had made but DH told me to show it maybe I would inspire someone else that was afraid to show--now we have a show and tell for beginning, intermediate and advanced just takes one person to stand up for the many--I also told them the night I showed my quilt that they needed to be more welcoming to the new people--kind of put them in their place and since then it has been better