I'm in a small group that has gotten together for close to ten years. We all do our own thing. But from time to time we have made quilts for community members who have health struggles or for breast cancer awareness auctions. It started when there were several of us with small kids that needed a night away. Sometimes we have 4 or 5 in the group sometimes we have 20. Depends where people are in their lives. We share patterns and swap fabric and magazines. We have had our own mini retreats and scheduled all day sewing marathons. Sometimes we don't get a lot of sewing done, but we do a lot of fellowship.