MAFA 2025 Conference Brochure – Coming in September 2024.   Download the 2025 Conference Brochure....

MAFA 2023 Mini Virtual Conference Brochure – Final version.   Download the 2023 Virtual Conference Brochure....

MAFA 2023 Conference Brochure – Final version.   Download the 2023 Conference Brochure....

MAFA 2021 Conference Brochure – Final version.   Download the 2021 Conference Brochure....

MAFA 2019 Conference Brochure – Final version.   Download the 2019 Conference Brochure....

Exhibit entries and project information from the 2023 MAFA Conference Hat Exhibit.   Download the 2023 Hat eBook HERE....

Exhibit entries and project information from the 2023 MAFA Conference Fiber Art Exhibit.   Download the 2023 Fiber Art eBook HERE....

Exhibit entries and project information from the 2023 MAFA Conference Fashion Exhibit.   Download the 2023 Fashion eBook HERE....

Immersive one- and two-day heritage craft classes and mini workshops. Connecting master instructors and students together in a preserved 19th c. village....

The Aya Fiber Studio is Florida’s premier Fiber Art Destination Studio. We bring in the very best Fiber instructors from across the country, teaching many different genres. Select from natural dyeing, indigo , shibori, surface design, stitching and many others. With miles of beautiful natural beaches...

Exhibit entries and project information from the 2021 MAFA Conference “Escape” Fiber Art Exhibit.   Download the 2021 Fiber Art eBook HERE....

Exhibit entries and project information from the 2021 MAFA Conference Fashion Exhibit.   Download the 2021 Fashion eBook HERE....

One hour lecture and discussion of single warp ikat in India. Video clips, images, and verbal description provide a detailed view of the steps of the warp preparation for ikat in a small town in rural Gujarat, as well as in Odisha and Telangana. This...

Currently teaching four on-line workshops using the Zoom platform: Sumptuous Silk, a spinning workshop on the various forms of Mulberry silk; Take a Walk on the Wild Side, a spinning workshop on Non-Mulberry Silk; Exploration and Discovery Series Part I, Forward Worsted Draft Twist; Exploration...

I have several classes online that guild members might be interested in (individually, that is) and am also open to doing Zoom seminars for guilds on a variety of design, color or other topics. I recently did a “keynote” via Zoom for the Art Cloth...

An international center for craft education dedicated to helping people live creative lives. Penland offers one-, two-, and eight-week workshops in books, paper, clay, drawing, glass, iron, metals, photography, printmaking, letterpress, textiles, and wood. The school also offers artists’ residencies, local programs, and a gallery...

Join us for PLY Away Spinning Retreat organized by PLY Magazine, while we learn, share, enjoy, and just sit and spin! In-depth 3-day classes, immersive 2-day classes, fun 1-day classes, and half-day classes....

HGA is an international membership association created to encourage excellence, inspire creativity, and preserve fiber arts traditions through education and community. HGA produces a quarterly magazine, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot; a biennial international fiber arts conference, Convergence; an annual juried exhibition of small fiber artworks,...

Each September at the Clarke County Ruritan Fair Grounds...

Biennial conference in even years presented by the Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) in locations around the country....

Social networking service that  functions as an organizational tool for a variety of fiber arts including knitting, crocheting, spinning, and weaving. Members share information, projects, and ideas....

Online, international handweaving community....

Published on behalf of the Association of Guilds of Spinners Weavers and Dyers, this UK-based Journal covers a wide range of textile subjects, including articles on historic textile techniques and cutting edge modern design. 4 issues in a year....

The Folk School provides experiences in non-competitive learning and community life that are joyful and enlivening, and offers year-round weeklong and weekend classes for adults in craft, art, music, dance, cooking, gardening, nature studies, photography and writing....

The Handweavers Guild of America’s award-winning quarterly journal features a broad spectrum of articles about the fiber arts, including design, history, shows, education, products, books, national and international textile news, as well as updates about HGA programs and people, and information received from local and...