The Waterford Quilters Guild was founded in the mid-1970’s by Anna Holland, a quilt teacher living in Waterford. Under the auspices of the Waterford Foundation, she had begun teaching small groups of women in the art of quilting. They met in the Second Street School, a school for African-Americans in the late 1800’s. Since the school had no heat other than a small wood stove, they met at each other’s homes during the winter months. When the School turned into a field trip re-enactment location, the Guild met in several Waterford locations and now meets in St. Francis de Sales Parish Hall in Purcellville.
Each year the Guild members create a raffle quilt with the primary proceeds going to the Waterford’s Second Street School.
The 2008 raffle quilt is well underway and raffle tickets will be offered at the annual Waterford and other local fairs later this summer and fall.
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