I also belong to a group, there is 7 of us ,6 all live in the same town our 7th member moved 6 hours away, but joins us when she can.
Over the summer months, we take our hand sewing to the beach every Wednesday, lounge around talk,laugh, and do a little sewihg.
We each put $10 in and the birthday girl gets $60 to spend how ever she likes, in return,she supplies the birthday cake.
We also put in $1 each per week for a lotto ticket, we all dream of winning millions and the fabric we would be able to purchase
( dreams are free
We help each other if it is a sewing problem,health,family or anything else, of course we swap receipes, recently one of our girls had her daughter, SIL and twins returning from UK, and she didn't have any cot/crib quilts, we made two in a day and theses were not panels, all quilted and delivered, she cried when we presented her with two matching quilts for her twins.
I love to sew, I love sewing with my friends