Our MAFA 2021 Sponsors
Sponsors helped make the conference possible and accessible for more attendees
Since MAFA is a non-profit, all-volunteer fiber arts organization, support from guilds, other organizations, vendors, and individuals has helped tremendously to make the virtual conference a success. Sponsorships are now closed for the 2021 conference, but for information about the sponsorship opportunities we offered, visit this page.
The MAFA board and conference committee are grateful to our 2021 sponsors for their generous support of the conference and its events.
TATTER
TATTER’s mission is to promote the consciousness of cloth by considering, and celebrating cloth’s intrinsic and essential relationship in human life.
Lunatic Fringe Yarns
Unique yarns for unique people! Lunatic Fringe Yarns is your source for the brilliant Tubular Spectrum mercerized cottons and sustainable yarns, plus hemp, wool, looms, and equipment.
Schiffer Publishing
Schiffer Publishing works with passionate artists and makers to help energize and enlarge the craft world.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Arrowmont is a nationally recognized center for contemporary arts and crafts education, supporting learning opportunities for individuals of all skill levels and ages in an immersive, supportive environment.
Bliss Design
Bliss Design takes your VISION, your concepts, and turns them into compelling packages. We are team players who thrive on collaboration to realize amazing, eye-catching final products that get your message across.
Heddlecraft
Heddlecraft is a digital magazine for handweavers who love to weave and want to know more. Each issue of Heddlecraft is dedicated to an in-depth look at a specific weaving topic or weave structure.
Harmony Weavers Guild
Harmony Weavers Guild is a group of creative textile and fiber enthusiasts in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania who get together monthly for inspiration, education and fun.
Triangle Weavers Guild
Triangle Weavers Guild provides community and shared learning for weavers, spinners, dyers, and other fiber artists, with members at every level of experience.
Beth Palmer for MAFA Associates Everywhere
MAFA Associates are members from all over the United States and Canada who are not members of a MAFA-affiliated guild.
Handweavers Guild of America
HGA’s mission is to educate, support and inspire the fiber art community through instruction, and networking opportunities for fiber artists of all skill levels.
Long Thread Media
Long Thread Media publishes Handwoven, PieceWork, and Spin Off, as well as offering information, education, and community to crafters in those fields.
Westfield Weavers Guild
Westfield Weavers Guild was founded in 1947 to discuss weaving and other fiber related arts and encourage each other in our weaving endeavors. WWG was one of the guilds helping to found MAFA in 1980.
Central Virginia Fiberarts Guild
Central Virginia Fiberarts Guild focuses on all fiber arts disciplines and artists/crafters at all skill levels.
New York Guild of Handweavers
New York Guild of Handweavers provides inspiration, information and mutual support to anyone interested in weaving, tapestry, spinning, or fiber arts.
Fiberworks PCW
Fiberworks PCW weaving design software – making it easy for you to do your best designing, weaving, loom control, and publishing, with three proficiency levels.
Jockey Hollow Weavers
Jockey Hollow Weavers celebrates its Ruby Anniversary this year. Our founders were so inspired by the first MAFA conference they decided to form a new weaving guild in Morris County, New Jersey.
Lancaster Spinners and Weavers
Lancaster Spinners and Weavers Guild is a welcoming group of fiber enthusiasts who meet several times a month to exchange ideas, provide programs and instruction for members, and to encourage interest in and appreciation of the fiber arts in its community.
The Fuzzy Ear
A rabbitry in Gloucester, VA with English Angora rabbits we use for therapy and for their fiber. We LOVE sharing our rabbits with the public as well as teaching about the breeds, rabbit care and fiber arts skills.
Peters Valley School of Craft
Peters Valley is a vibrant community that enriches lives through the learning, practice, and appreciation of fine crafts through studio-based and virtual workshops.
Elisa and Martin Eiger
MAFA Past President Elisa says “Congratulations to the Conference Committee, whose remarkable foresight and determination made this virtual conference possible”.
L. Jean West – Peacock Expressions
Jean is one of the original North Jersey Weavers/Westfield Weavers Guild members who met in 1980 to create the Mid Atlantic Fiber Association and organize the first MAFA Conference in 1981.
Margaret and Peter Briggs – Shareholder Strategies
Margaret Briggs is proud to be the MAFA 2021 Conference Chair. Shareholder Strategies is a business valuation firm that specializes in Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs).
Ontario Handweavers and Spinners
Ontario Handweavers & Spinners is a not-for-profit organization that brings together a diverse community of fibre enthusiasts from across Ontario, Canada and Internationally. We have an exciting line-up of virtual events planned for our Biennial Conference “Fibres? Naturally!!” in October 2021.
Complex Weavers
Complex Weavers is dedicated to expanding the boundaries of handweaving, to encourage weavers to develop their own creative styles, to inspire through research, documentation, and the sharing of innovative ideas.
Ellen Turner
MAFA is grateful to Ellen Turner for creating the ribbons awarded to our 2021 Fashion and Fiber Art Exhibit winners.
Handweavers Guild of America
HGA’s mission is to educate, support and inspire the fiber art community through instruction, and networking opportunities for fiber artists of all skill levels.
Surface Design Association
The Surface Design Association is an international organization focused on inspiring creativity, encouraging innovation, and advocating for artistic excellence as the global leader in textile-inspired art and design.