Great idea...start a group yourself! If you try and start a group I bet you'd find others. I only piece on my machine...haven't had much luck quilting on my machine. Maybe sometime I'll try again. I do have a walking foot.
I used to hand quilt with a group at a church...I brought them one of my quilts to do and they invited me to help. I stayed for 2 years! It was really a wonderful learning and social experience, plus excellent potlucks! I loved the ladies that taught me so much.
Gradually you find out what you like to do best. I don't belong to a guild now, but did in a bigger city. All my quilts are machine quilted by those who have the machine, and I force myself to bind...it isn't hard to do but I don't like to.It will be fun to see where you are with quilting in a year! Happy quilting and learning!