Welcome to the Mayflower Quilters Guild Website

Our goal is to support and promote quilting activities throughout the Province of Nova Scotia.

Location: Woodlawn United Church, Brick Hall, 54 Woodlawn Road, Dartmouth, NS (Pond side parking lot entrance) Link to Google Map: Woodlawn United Church

Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 9th, 2025, 7:30pm – 9:00pm and will held at the Woodlawn United Church.

June Meeting: For the June Meeting on Monday, June 9th, 2025, we are going to have a Sweet and Savoury Potluck. Bring a sweet or savoury to share with everyone.

Meeting Reminders: Bring your

-Your name tag

-An appetizer or Dessert to share and utensil to serve if necessary

-Your own placemat, napkin, cup, knife, fork, spoon, plate

-Your own beverage or mug: there will be hot water hot chocolate mix and teabags, as well as milk and sugar and I will attempt to get some hot coffee from Tims

-Donations to the Food Bank: this is the time of year when food banks struggle (oh and did you know they will also accept donations of clean sturdy reusable shopping bags)

-50/50 will be available if you wish to participate

-A fat quarter for the Left/Right Game

-Seven 2 1/2 inch strips by Width of Fabric for the Quilter's Strip Poker Game

-If you are planning to participate in the fabric exchange you will need one meter of unloved or no longer wanted in your stash fabric. See note at bottom*

-Your Show and Share item maybe spring and summer themed would be fun

and we will not do the charity/comfort quilts at this meeting.

- Ryans Case for Smiles pillowcases if you have any

*We will place participant's names in a container and draw out 2 at a time to randomly match everyone up. Then over the summer you can create a project with this fabric and if you wish you may add from your stash but it must contain the unloved fabric too. We will get to show off our creations at the September meeting.

Sew Dates: We are currently working on getting some sew dates set up.

Social Media: Check out our social media on Facebook! Just search for Mayflower Quilters Guild on Facebook. We are also on Instagram and it continues to grow. We are just short of 150 followers. Do you have any ideas on growing our following? Do you have things to share? We’d love to feature you and your creations on our socials. Feel free to send a picture or video with an explanation to our social media email account [email protected] You can follow us on Instagram @mayflowerquiltersguild or join us on Facebook.

Encourage family and friends to follow too, let’s start building our presence and attracting new people.

Winter Storm Policy: If on our meeting day, there is a snowstorm and HRM schools are closed, there will not be a meeting.  If there is a storm later in the day, or if the road conditions are questionable, please check your phone messages, emails and listen to the radio station.

Membership:

Mayflower membership is open to anyone having an interest in quilts and all forms of quilting. Individual membership is available for a fee of $30.00 per year. We are also offering a discounted rate for students of $15.00 (Student ID must be provided)
To print our membership form, Click Here

If you would like to find out more about our Guild, please feel free to come to our meetings or email us at [email protected]

**(Please note: If you have any problems with the links on our website, please email [email protected] and we will ensure your email reaches the appropriate person.)

Community Activities:

Mayflower Quilters Guild participates in various community activities by making and donating comfort quilts for: Bryony House, Police Cars in HRM, the Habitat, the IWK Neo-Natal and Long Term, the Mental Health Foundation, Cancer Care and other charitable agencies (sizes and special requirements listed below).

Comfort Quilt Sizes:

IWK Preemie – 36×36 to 36×40 – These quilts must be 100% cotton, thin batting, with flannelette or cotton batting. Machine quilted with cotton thread

Bryony House – various sizes from Crib, 30×46 up to 36×50; Youth, 45×60; Lap size for older children and mothers, 50×70

Police Cars – Crib size, 30×46 to 36×50

Mental Health Foundation – Single bed, 65×88

The Quilts of Valour Program – Quilts should be approx. size 60×80. They do not have to be Red and White.

Cancer Care – Quilts should be 32″ x 48″ or 35″ x 40″

We also support other charitable donations such as Bravery Bead Bags. In 2016/2017 Mayflower Quilters Guild began making Bravery Bead Bags for the IWK Bravery Heart Bead Program. Since then we have supplied over 600 bags for the program. There are typically 100 children per year enrolled in Bravery Beads, where they receive beads to signify milestones/procedures etc. during their treatment at the IWK Children’s Hospital. The strung beads can then be kept in their own special bag.

For the Bravery Bead Bag pattern, click here.