I belong to a small quilting group. We meet twice a month and have 12 members max. We have all the original members except one, so it seems like we're doing what this certain group needs. We learn how to make different blocks and go to shows with each other, but mostly we encourage one another to hang in there and keep quilting. None of our group desires to join a guild because of the size and the cost, since most of us are on fixed incomes.