I just read all the posts. When I posted before i'd just read the first page. Only one person mentioned the sr. centers. yes, they have quilters/quilting; but also the community centers which are open to all agr groups have quilting. I belonged to a Friday morning quilting group and learned a lot there, but moved on when it became a hand quilting/friendship chat group as the floor electric plugs didn't work. Probably water from washing got into them? There was a leader and a new project every friday and it was FREE. A nice 4-letter word.