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, May 26th, 2025, 7:30pm – 9:00pm and will held at the Woodlawn United Church.

May Meeting: For the May Meeting on Monday, May 26, 2025, we are going to demo a Make and Take Strawberry Pin Cushion You will need:

A needle

Red thread (or thread to match the colour of your berry.)

Green thread, as well, if you wish to tack the points of the leaves on the top of your strawberry down

A button (Davida pushed pins into the pin cushion to hold her leaves down.)

Some pins (4 or 5)

Scissors that will cut fabric with the pattern pinned to it

Embroidery floss if you would like to hang your pin cushion up

One piece of red or other appropriate 'berry' coloured fabric 8 by 4 1/2 inches

We will provide: The pattern, green felt for the leaves on top, tacky glue to glue it on & batting to use as stuffing. We will also have a few 'kits' in case we have guests or new members who attend the meeting. We think this will be a fun little hand made project to do at the meeting and we hope you will agree! 

Meeting Reminders: 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

Please review the proposed budget for 2026 with and without an increase in membership fees that was sent out in the Reminder email, along with the minutes from last year's Annual General Meeting published in our latest newsletter so we can all be prepared when it comes time to vote. 

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 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 $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 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.