I started something like that with a couple of friends. We were all friends from a different organization initially but one of them is my quilting 'mentor'. The other became interested in quilting so we decided we'd have a 'stitch & *itch' evening. We quickly learned that we did very little stitching and much more *itching. So we changed it to 'wine & whine' and added another gal to the group. We meet monthly as well, at my home, while DH is out to a meeting. Great fun. But not a stitch of sewing gets done then! I just can't manage sewing and chatting at the same time.