I have belonged to a guild in the past, but it is huge and kind of hard to get in a small bee. Like I said, I kind of lost touch when I had my business because of the time involved in running it, but am ready to really find a group again. I, too, used to have a group where we got together once a week and made quilts and it was great. We also had little retreats, and sometimes go together on a Friday night and spent the night at the church to sew all night if we wanted too. That group is no longer available, so in many ways I am back to square one.