I get together the first Sat. of every month with 5 other ladies, at our local Library, from 9 to 4. We have been doing this for 5 or 6 years now. We usually have a pitch in, sometimes order out. We all bring our machines or hand work, whatever we want and we sew all day. We talk and laugh and a few times have even cryed together. Over the years we have had several ladies join us and all were welcome, they would come for awhile and then life would get in the way and they stopped coming. We let them know they were missed, and invited them to come back any time. But..... we had this one lady who came for awhile that drove us all nuts! she talked all the time and very loudly, she knew everything about everything, and was very critical of everyones projects. She could say the most hurtful things, no tact at all.
No one ever said anything to her about her behavior, but after awhile she stopped coming, she was not missed! I believe it was because she thought she was wasting her time and talents on us. Three of the women in our group have taught classes on quilting of one type or other, so I'd say we pretty much know what were doing. We were glad she stopped coming, and even happier that none of us had been rude to her.