You will find wonderful benefits from a quilt guild. It presents opportunities for learning, sharing resources, and making friendships.
If you are shy and still want to connect, you might look carefully at the people and their quilts during show and tell segment. Choose one that looks interesting and afterwards go up to that person and compliment her on the quilt and ask questions about it.
Also, find an officer or other obvious leader and ask her questions you might have about the guild.
There is no easier way to start a conversation than to be interested and ask questions!
Have fun!
Dayle