I belonged to a group for about 5 months. I wanted to join a group for that had a love of quilting and that I could learn from others. I am a fairly decent quilter but still am willing to pick up ideas. Many in the group were newbies that didn't know how to thread a machine/pick out fabric/how to cut/--you get the idea. The "leader" of the group picked out a hard pattern/cut it out and proceeded to sew it. The newbies had no idea what was going on. My thought is that it would be nice to help the newbies start from the very beginning. Learn by doing--Needless to say, I am quitting because I did not like the way it is being run. I'll stay in my basement and do my thing. Sorry--end of rant!!!