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 2023 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...
Instructions: Please fill out the Towel Exchange Project Info Form below carefully and to the best of your ability. Your information will be included in the MAFA website Sample Database. For information on the 2025 Kitchen Towel Exchange requirements, visit the Kitchen Towel Exchange info...
Kitchen Towel Exchange Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: 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 be...
Our thanks to Long Thread Media for their support of the Towel Exchange. 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...
Our thanks to Central Virginia Fiberarts Guild for their support of the Fiber Art Exhibit. NEW for the 2025 conference will be a Non-Wearable Textiles exhibit featuring non-wearable, artistic works with the theme Hands On: The Art of Making. Fiber artists, including conference attendees, and...
Non-Wearable Exhibit Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: MAFA conference attendees and members are invited to submit non-wearable, artistic works with the theme Hands On: The Art of Making. Fiber artists may express an event, story, message, or conversation through the use of fibers and are...
Fiber Art Exhibit Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: MAFA conference attendees and members are invited to submit non-wearable, artistic works with the theme Hands On: The Art of Making. Fiber artists may express an event, story, message, or conversation through the use of fibers and...
Our thanks to Central Virginia Fiberarts Guild for their support of the Fiber Art Exhibit. Returning to the 2025 conference will be a Fiber Art Exhibit featuring non-wearable, artistic works with the theme Hands On: The Art of Making. Fiber artists, including conference attendees, and...
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...
Our thanks to Long Thread Media for their support of the Fashion Exhibit. 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,...
Our thanks to Touchstone Center for Crafts for their support of the Free Your Mind Exhibit Free Your Mind – Public Textile Social Justice Art Project, an interactive exhibit with Theda Sandiford, in the Marketplace Learn more about the exhibit at Theda’s lecture for...
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. Because classrooms are used by many groups at Millersville in the summer, we often do not know for sure which rooms we will have until shortly before...
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...
The Marketplace and Exhibits are open to the public, including for “Shop ’til You Drop” on Friday evening. In addition, you are welcome to attend the Open Studio Tour on Saturday evening to see examples of the work that has been done over the weekend....
What you need to know about registration for MAFA 2025 Registration Dates: Registration Info: Housing and Dining Info: Registration Costs Workshop students: Your registration fee includes: tuition for your selected 15-hour workshop, lodging and all meals from Thursday evening through Sunday lunch, as well as...
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 and Exhibits are open to...
MAFA 2025 will return to Millersville for our conference, and we also have an option for 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. Payment by PayPal is preferred, and you may pay by credit...
Thank you! We have received your Vendor Application for the 2025 MAFA 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 fiber arts conference, which...
We are accepting applications for the vendor hall at our 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 looking for...
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. The vendor list is here! MAFA 2025 Marketplace Hours Marketplace highlights will include: For more information, contact the Vendor Coordinator at...
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 vendor marketplace, peruse the fashion, fiber art, and...
Instructors for MAFA 2023, 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 If you have questions about your workshop,...
Fill out the form below completely for travel expenses you incurred for teaching at MAFA 2023. All expense fields are to be entered as dollar amounts except miles traveled which should be entered as total miles traveled (it will automatically calculate the amount to be...
Beta testers, Thank you for helping review the draft 2023 Conference web pages! Please follow the links below from this page since not all are linked from the sidebar or menu yet until we finish our edits in the next couple of weeks. Any questions,...
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)...
Please note: this is the 2019 campus map, for information only. We will update this to the 2023 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. Millersville Campus...
Directions and Important Info for MAFA 2023 If you have questions after reading through the FAQ’s and links, email the Help Desk at help@mafafiber.org, or once we arrive at the conference, text the MAFA Hotline at 833-235-9921. We will not be able to answer calls,...
The MAFA 2023 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 the directions to Millersville University as a PDF Check-in Instructions Unloading for Workshops Directions to Millersville University...
Our thanks to Touchstone Center for Crafts for their support of the Free Your Mind Exhibit Free Your Mind – Public Textile Social Justice Art Project, an interactive exhibit with Theda Sandiford, in the Marketplace Learn more about the exhibit at Theda’s lecture for...
The Marketplace and Exhibits are open to the public, including for “Shop ’til You Drop” on Friday evening. In addition, you are welcome to attend the Open Studio Tour on Saturday evening to see examples of the work that has been done over the weekend....
Spend the weekend—or spend a day—with fiber artists from around the world at MAFA 2023 MAFA 2023 is not only about the weekend-long workshops and shopping in the Marketplace. Other highlights will include: MAFA 2023 Schedule Opening Session, Fashion Show, and Keynote Address Fashion, Fiber...
Where will my workshop be located? Classroom locations will be posted on the website when they become available. Because classrooms are used by many groups at Millersville in the summer, we often do not know for sure which rooms we will have until shortly before...
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...
What you need to know about registration for MAFA 2023 Registration Dates: Early Registration: February 4, 2023, 9 a.m. Eastern, for MAFA-affiliated Guild members and Associate members only. Open Registration: February 18, 2023, 9 a.m. Eastern, for non-members, instructors, vendors, and day-trippers. Late Registration: April...
Please fill out the Towel Exchange Project Info Form below to the best of your ability. Info from this form helps us include your towel in the MAFA Sample Database. For information on the 2023 Conference Kitchen Towel Exchange, visit the Kitchen Towel Exchange info...
Kitchen Towel Exchange Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: 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 be...
Our thanks to Long Thread Media for their support of the Towel Exchange. 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...
Hat Exhibit Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: MAFA conference attendees and members are invited to submit hats of all sorts, functional and artistic, appropriate to the theme Mad Hatter! Entries to the 2023 Hat Exhibit will open February 15, 2023 and must be completed online by...
View or download the 2023 Hat Exhibit eBook HERE. *NEW* at the 2023 conference will be a Hat Exhibit featuring hats of all sorts, functional and artistic, appropriate to the theme Mad Hatter! The Hat Exhibit is open to...
Fiber Art Exhibit Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: MAFA conference attendees and members are invited to submit non-wearable, artistic works with the theme Hands On: The Art of Making. Fiber artists may express an event, story, message, or conversation through the use of fibers and...
View or download the 2023 Fiber Art Exhibit eBook HERE. Our thanks to Central Virginia Fiberarts Guild for their support of the Fiber Art Exhibit. Returning to the 2023 conference will be a Fiber Art Exhibit featuring non-wearable, artistic...
Fashion Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: MAFA conference attendees and members are invited to submit original wearables. Consider choosing an item related to the 2023 Conference theme: Hands On. We hope this opportunity will inspire you to apply your creativity and fiber arts skills in...
View or download the 2023 Fashion Exhibit eBook HERE. Our thanks to Long Thread Media for their support of the Fashion Exhibit. The 2023 Fashion Exhibit will feature garments and accessories created by conference attendees, as well as MAFA...
MAFA 2023 brings us back to Millersville for an in-person conference, and we have added the ability for those who can’t attend to participate in our exhibits! We are planning the ever-popular fashion show and exhibit, a fiber art exhibit, a new hats exhibit, a...
Fill out the form below to submit an advertisement for the MAFA 2023 Conference. We will follow up with you to confirm placement of your ad, and for logos or additional info as needed. Payment by PayPal is preferred, and you may pay by credit...
Advertising Opportunities for MAFA 2023 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 fiber arts conference,...
Thank you! We have received your Vendor Application for the 2023 MAFA Conference. If you have any questions, email the Vendor Coordinator at vendors@mafafiber.org....
If you have been approved as a 2023 vendor, please use this form to make payment for the booth space or page for which you have been accepted. The SUBMIT button will take you to PayPal to complete your transaction securely using your PayPal account...
GOOD NEWS! We have a few Vendor booth spaces still available, so we are accepting new applications for the vendor hall at our 2023 Conference to be held Thursday, June 22 through Sunday June 25, 2023 at Millersville University in Millersville, Pa. (near Lancaster). To...
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. The vendor list is here! MAFA 2023 Marketplace Hours Marketplace highlights will include: “Shop-’til-You-Drop” on Friday night, including entertainment, door prizes,...
The MAFA Conference is an all-volunteer effort, with many opportunities to get involved both before and at the conference. At the Conference Signups to volunteer at the conference are now open on SignUp Genius! Volunteer positions include: setup helpers at various events, exhibit monitors,...
Submit one complete form for each workshop proposed...
The MAFA 2023 Conference will be held June 22 – 25, 2023, at Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania (between Harrisburg and Lancaster). We are seeking proposals for workshops in weaving, spinning, dyeing, felting, sewing/pattern-drafting (especially with hand-made cloth), surface embellishment, braiding, knitting/crochet, and more. All workshops...
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...