The way I found one was to ask many questions at the local embroidery store. Going to the meetings requires that you tote all of your gear to the meeting place. Perhaps you can begin your own if you don't live near an embroidery/ e. machine store.
Good luck; I'm in the center of VA, BTW.
Jacqueline
That's a great idea. The closest real nice strore to me is like 2 hours. thanks for the imput. Yolandita