Quiet Valley Quilters Guild’s inaugural meeting was in 1984 when twentysix die-hard quilters gathered to organize in the art room at Catamount School in Bennington. Membership grew rapidly and necessitated the move to larger quarters. The first effort to raise funds for this group was a raffle quilt, and the guild has sponsored a raffle quilt each year since.

— Quiet Valley Quilters’ Guild (Southern Vermont)