I was a loner before I started quilting. I always had a nite job, or did 12 hour shifts as a home health aide. Never really had any girlfriends, raised my 3 kids by myself. Now there gone and out of the house. Ran into a school teacher that I knew at Hancocks, and started kinda quilt group at my house, just the two of us. Then we found a free quilt group and have been doing that now for 2 years. What a difference. Moved into a new nieghborhood last year started sewing out side, All my nieghbors came over to see what I was doing. Made friends with everyone on the block. How cool is that. I live in a cul-de-sac, and is very quiet here.