I am in the loner category also. Hermit quilter, good term.....I only have one friend who quilts, but she is 86 and has begun to lose faculties. We would have a quilt day every month, but not lately.
Both my parents sewed, mother taught tailoring, back when clothes were fitted! My grandmother made my doll quilts, now in storage for the great-grandkids.
I don't take classes because, like some here, few quilt shops close by and they teach the basics. And the closest store only seems interested in selling their machines...I haven't joined th local Guild as they have no classes that interest me. I have however, found the local chapter of Project Linus, and they have a Stitch And Bitch session every month. I will probably start going to that one.... I would like a place to share and socialize, some, I am more the Lone Ranger....
Ellen