Sorry about your sister. I'm not a loner. Belong to 3 guilds, and when I worked I didn't have time to do much of anything else. Now all my friends here quilt. I've lost a real good quilting friend 2 yrs ago. She taught me some quilting long distance on the phone. My DH said it would have been cheaper to send me to IA. to learn. I've always been a people person.