I sew at home and not in a group but I love to take classes and learn new techniques and to be social. I love being around people and I have met some incredible people while taking classes. Some I am still friends with years later.
I rarely finish any quilt that I start in a class. I just take scraps to learn the technique then go home and make it the way I want to.
I do a lot of art quilts and most classes don't teach that but the techniques they teach I may use in my art quilts.
Sybil