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, September 15th, 2025 at the Woodlawn United Church. Please note the time change for our meetings - 7:00pm to 9:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.

September Meeting: 

Program: The Wonderful World  of Cathedral Windows Demo with Guild members Vicky Veilleux and Nancy Terry 

Meeting Reminders: First of all, don't forget that our meetings will be starting at 7 pm from now on. The doors to the Church Hall will be open at 6:30 pm. Also, please note our membership dues have increased to $35.

Bring your:

Name tags

Your comfort quilts (note the clothes pins are to designate where you want these quilt to go)

Your show and share quilts

Funds for the 50/50 tickets 

Your library books

Pen or pencil for sign-up sheets, etc

Bravery bead bags

Food bank donations

Ryans Case for Smiles Pillowcases

The bags you made for the unloved fabric exchange

Notes for Meeting: Poppy kits will be available to take home and stitch for Oakwood Terrace's Poppy Wall of Honour. Oakwood is adding two more panels this year, along with 200 additional veterans’ names. The new wall will be unveiled at their Poppy Tribute Concert by the Lieutenant Governor before being installed at the cenotaph at Sullivan’s Pond along with last year's walls. The poppies will have to be brought back to the Oct meeting.

And, finally, there will be coffee, tea and cookies available during the break. You can pay your membership, buy 50/50 tickets and register for the upcoming workshop.

Sew Dates: Ryan's Case for Smiles: Anne Newcombe, who is the Lead for Miles for Smiles in Nova Scotia, dropped off 5 bolts of Halloween fabric and 1 bolt of black trim for us to make the pillowcases. I have two days set up for sewing Halloween pillowcases for the IWK (Ryan's Case for Smiles program that Mayflower has taken part in for the last few years) on Sunday, Sept 28, 1-4 pm and Monday, Sept 29, 10am-2 pm. This will take place at the Royal Canadian Naval Association Peregrine Branch, 3660 Commission Street, Halifax. The space is in the basement and there is an elevator just inside the main doors (first set of glass doors on your left as you enter the parking lot). It's the first building on your right as you turn off Lady Hammond Road. The space is free for our use on those two days. There is a small kitchen with fridge, stove, kettle, etc. All parking spaces in front of the building are available on Sunday. On Monday, any parking spaces on the left of the main doors as you face the building, plus spaces across from the building marked RCCL or Halifax Furniture are available for us. The space is secured with Wilson's Security so everything can be left overnight if you choose to attend both days.

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 mayflowerqgsocial@gmail.com 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 $35.00 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 mayflowerquiltersguild@gmail.com

**(Please note: If you have any problems with the links on our website, please email mayflowerquiltersguild@gmail.com 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.