I'm a solo quilter. No groups, no classes, no guilds or anything else like them in my corner of the world. We don't even have a church group of quilters here. A friend of mine is opening a quilt shop in a city that's about 4.5 hours drive from here and wants me to come down to help set up, teach classes etc. and I'd like to get involved somehow but I sure can't carry the burden of paying for all the gas, food, lodging etc. that it takes to make that trip frequently. For now I'm just going to piece all of her display quilts for the shop. We'll see what the future brings. Being retired, I have all the time in the world but I'm also on a pretty strict budget because of that.