Thank you for advertising with the MAFA 2025 Conference! We will be back in touch with you shortly to confirm your information. If you have any questions in the meantime, please email me at ads@mafafiber.org. Jean WestMAFA 2025 Advertisers Coordinator...
Tour the workshop classrooms to see what is going on in all the workshops Open Studio Tour will be on Saturday evening, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. We will have a Zoom meeting to tour some of the classrooms, and that link will be posted on...
Get acquainted with your workshop location and the Millersville University campus with this table and the campus map, which is here. (link coming in Spring 2025) Download the workshop locations handout as a PDF. (link coming in Spring 2025)...
MAFA 2025 – June 26-29, 2025, at Millersville University! With dozens of in-person workshops in weaving, spinning, dyeing, felting, basketmaking, and other fiber arts, MAFA 2025 is sure to be a fun and inspiring experience! Shop the Marketplace; peruse the fashion, fiber art, and functional...
Please submit one form for each class you will be teaching. MAFA 2025 Weekend Classes will be scheduled on Friday June 27, 2025, 1:30 – 4:30 pm, and Saturday June 28, 2025, 9am – Noon and 1:30-4:40 pm. Classes may be two or three-hour sessions...
If you have been approved as a 2025 vendor, and you want to register for on-campus housing and meals, please use this form to select your housing and make payment. Rooms are available for Wednesday through Saturday night. We have options for three or four...
Thank you for submitting your Towel Exchange Entry. You will receive a confirmation email. Remote entrants, you will be sent shipping instructions. If you don’t receive your confirmation email, check Spam. If you have any questions, email towel.exchange@mafafiber.org....
Not taking a workshop? Visiting for the day? Join us for fiber arts classes in the Marketplace. Classes will include two and three-hour classes Friday afternoon and all-day Saturday in spinning, weaving, fiber prep, and stitching. Stay tuned for details and a class list in...
Join us for Spinning Games Friday evening in the Marketplace, with our host Tom Knisely! Stay tuned for more details. We will open signups on February 17, 2025. To try YOUR luck, please sign up by 6 p.m., June 13, 2025. These games are purely...
Join us at the Makers Meetup in the Marketplace, Friday afternoon and all-day Saturday. Relax, shop, meet fiber friends, work on projects, take a break from Weekend Classes, and join in make-and-take demos. Check back later this Fall for details when we firm up the...
Instructors for MAFA 2025, here is a compilation of information and links that have been sent out by email as we got to each milestone. We thought it might help to have them all in one place. Contacts To register for the conference and select...
Directions and Important Info for MAFA 2025 Can you help at the conference?As an all-volunteer organization, MAFA relies on conference attendees to help make the event run smoothly. Can you help? Volunteer on our Signup Genius page HERE. If you have questions after reading through...
The MAFA 2025 conference will be held at Millersville University, Millersville, PA. This university campus is located in south-central Pennsylvania’s historic Lancaster County. Directions to Millersville University (download as a PDF) GPS Coordinates to Millersville University Use these GPS coordinates to take you directly to...
Kitchen Towel Exchange Rules, Requirements, Information, and Entry Form Show off your weaving and towel making skills by having a good old-fashioned kitchen towel exchange. Everyone who participates takes home a new addition to brighten up their kitchen! During the conference, all towels submitted will...
Show off your weaving and towel making skills by having a good old-fashioned kitchen towel exchange. Open to all conference attendees, as well as MAFA members who are unable to attend in-person, everyone who participates receives a towel to brighten up their kitchen! During Friday and...
NEW for the 2025 conference will be a Functional Textiles exhibit featuring non-wearable, useful items such as: rugs, blankets, table runners, baskets, yardage, and more. (Please, no towels, we have the Towel Exchange for them.) Fiber artists, including conference attendees, and MAFA members who are...
Functional Textiles Exhibit Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: MAFA conference attendees and members are invited to submit non-wearable, functional textile items such as: rugs, blankets, table runners, baskets, yardage, and more. (Please, no towels, we have the Towel Exchange for them.) Entries to the 2025 Functional Textiles Exhibit...
Fiber Art Exhibit Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: MAFA conference attendees and members are invited to submit non-wearable, artistic works with the theme The Art of Making: A Continuum. Fiber artists may express an event, story, message, or conversation through the use of fibers and...
Returning to the 2025 conference will be a Fiber Art Exhibit featuring artistic works with the theme The Art of Making: A Continuum. Fiber artists, including conference attendees, and MAFA members who are unable to attend in-person, may express an event, story, message, or conversation...
Fashion Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: MAFA conference attendees and members are invited to submit original wearables. Consider choosing an item related to the 2025 Conference theme: Hands On. We hope this opportunity will inspire you to apply your creativity and fiber arts skills in...
The 2025 Fashion Exhibit will feature garments and accessories created by conference attendees, as well as MAFA members who are unable to attend in-person. Located in the exhibit area of the Marketplace, and open all day Friday and Saturday of the conference, the fashion exhibit...
We look forward to welcoming Theda Sandiford back to the conference with a new interactive exhibit in the Marketplace Stay tuned for more information this Fall when we confirm all the details. About Theda: Theda Sandiford is an award-winning self-taught fiber and installation artist based...
Please note: this is the 2023 campus map, for information only. We will update this to the 2025 map when we have classroom buildings confirmed by MU. We will still use the West Village dorms, Student Memorial Center (SMC), and Gordinier Dining Hall....
Where will my workshop be located? Classroom locations will be posted on the website when they become available on a Last Minute Info page. You will also receive a handout with the list of workshop locations, a campus map, and directions to unloading locations. Because...
You have questions. We have answers. MAFA has received lots of questions over the years, many of which are the same from conference to conference. This compilation is for those who have never attended a MAFA conference, as well as for regular attendees. Click the...
Housing and Dining Info: What housing options are available? In 2025, we will again be housed in West Village Dorm. West Village is close to the Student Memorial Center, which will host the Marketplace and other MAFA activities, as well as the dining hall. The...
We Welcome Daytrippers, Overnighters, and Weekend Guests at the Conference! The Marketplace, Exhibits, Makers Meetup, and Weekend Classes are all open to the public, including our “Shop ’til You Drop” and Spinning Games on Friday evening. You are also welcome to attend the Open Studio...
What you need to know about registering for a workshop at MAFA 2025 Workshop Registration Dates: Workshop Registration Info: Housing and Dining Info for Workshop Students: Housing for Weekend Guests and Overnighters (anyone not taking a workshop): FAQs and other useful information: Registration Costs Workshop...
Spend the weekend—or spend a day—with fiber artists from around the world at MAFA 2025 MAFA 2025 is not only about the weekend-long workshops and shopping in the Marketplace. Other highlights will include: For members of the public: The Marketplace, Exhibits, and Makers Meetup are...
MAFA 2025 will return to Millersville for our conference, and we have an option for exhibit entries from those who can’t attend! We are planning the ever-popular fashion show, textile exhibit, a fiber art exhibit, and everyone’s favorite, the kitchen towel exchange. We are also...
Fill out the form below to submit an advertisement for the MAFA 2025 Conference. We will follow up with you to confirm placement of your ad, and for logos or additional info as needed. Electronic payment by PayPal or Zelle is preferred. If you have...
Thank you! We have received your Vendor Application for the MAFA 2025 Conference, and we will contact you shortly. If you have any questions, email the Vendor Coordinator at vendors@mafafiber.org....
Advertising Opportunities for MAFA 2025 Who are we?MidAtlantic Fiber Association is a non-profit, all-volunteer fiber arts organization consisting of 50+ member guilds from Connecticut to North Carolina, with a combined membership of 3,000+. Our major benefit to members is a biennial in-person fiber arts conference,...
We are accepting vendor applications for the vendor hall at the MAFA 2025 Conference to be held Thursday, June 26 through Sunday June 29, 2025 at Millersville University in Millersville, PA (near Lancaster). To apply, please scroll down and submit the application form. We are...
VENDORS: If you want to apply for a vendor booth at MAFA 2025, find complete info and the application form HERE. The Marketplace has convenient access to yarns, fiber, tools, and equipment related to weaving, spinning, dyeing and related fiber arts including many workshop-related items. For...
Help support MAFA and the conference by shopping for swag with the MAFA 2025 conference logo or MAFA tools logo! All items are print-on-demand. Shop items include: mugs, travel mugs, water bottles, aprons, tote bags, note pads, pouches (great for notions), t-shirts, sweatshirts, and stickers....
The MAFA 2025 Conference will be held June 26 – 29, 2025, at Millersville University, Millersville, PA (between Harrisburg and Lancaster) We are seeking proposals for hands-on workshops in weaving, spinning, dyeing, felting, sewing/pattern-drafting (especially with hand-made cloth), surface embellishment, braiding, knitting/crochet, and more. All...
Click HERE to go to MAFA 2023 Click HERE to go to MAFA 2025 If you have questions about the MAFA in-person conference, please email us at conference@mafafiber.org. MAFA Conference Committee...
The MAFA Conference is an all-volunteer effort, with many opportunities to get involved both before and at the conference. Before the Conference: planning is underway! Volunteers start working soon after each conference ends and in the two years leading up to each MAFA Conference. Our...
MAFA 2025 – June 26-29, 2025, at Millersville University! With dozens of in-person workshops in weaving, spinning, dyeing, felting, basketmaking, and other fiber arts, MAFA 2025 is sure to be a fun and inspiring experience! Shop the Marketplace; peruse the fashion, fiber art, and functional...
Get acquainted with your workshop location and the Millersville University campus with this table and the campus map, which is here. (link coming in Spring 2023) Download the workshop locations handout as a PDF. (link coming in Spring 2023)...
Housing and Dining Info: What housing options are available? In 2025, we will again be housed in West Village Dorm. West Village is close to the Student Memorial Center, which will host the Marketplace and other MAFA activities, as well as the dining hall. The...
MAFA 2023 – Back to In-person at Millersville University! Click here for the recording of the MAFA 2023 Opening Session (Note, these are completely un-edited, so you really get the live, in-person feel – Margaret) Click here for the recording of the Open Studio Tour,...
We are delighted to announce the Fashion Show and Exhibit have been sponsored by Harmony Weavers Guild. Once again, the 2021 Conference included a Fashion Show and Exhibit. Of course, this year it was virtual! All garments and accessories submitted are part of...