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Member Guilds

Guild locations fall into 8 Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia. Some guilds may be listed in more than one state. If you are on the border, please check bordering state for possible guilds. MAFA hopes this directory will promote contact between members. Each guild in MAFA has its own identity, goals and procedures. For further information on a particular guild please use the following descriptions. If you do not see any information listed for your particular guild, or it is incorrect, please contact your representative and e-mail the webmaster. Unless it was not possible, email contacts have been provided.

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Map of Member Guilds

We have compiled a Google map based on member guild meeting places, so that you can easily see where a guild near you might meet. Since meeting places do change, suggest you contact the guild before attending to make sure it's still at the same place/date/time.


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Delaware Guilds

 
FiberGuild
  Contact: Carol Ireland
  Email: spinningbiker@comcast.net
  Website: groups.yahoo.com/group/fiberguild/
  Meetings: 1st Thursday of each month
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Greenbank Mill
500 Greenbank Road
Wilmington, DE
  MAFA Region B
     
Harmony Weaver's Guild
  Contact: Jan King
  Email: jmking1949@aol.com
  Website: www.harmonyweaversguild.org
  Meetings: 2nd Thursday of the month Sept-June
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: Greenbank Mill
500 Greenbank Road
Wilmington, DE
  MAFA Region B
 Sussex County Fiber Arts Guild
Contact: Ms. Lenny Truitt
Email: gmlt@dmv.com
Website: N/A
Meetings: First and Third Thursday of each month
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location Seaford, DE area: Location rotates
MAFA
Region
B

Third Star Fibre Artists Guild

Contact: Annette Devitt
Email: amdevitt@att.net
Website: N/A
Meetings: 2nd Monday of the month
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Ware Agricultural Building
51 Cheney Road
Woodstown, NJ 08098
  MAFA Region D
     

Top District of Columbia Guilds

Potomac Fiber Arts Guild
 

Contact:

Jeanne Bohlen

  Email: see website for more details
 

Website:

www.potomacfiberartsguild.org

  Meetings: 2nd Saturday, Sept. – June
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: St. James Episcopal Church,
11815 Seven Locks Rd,
Potomac, MD 20854
  MAFA Region A
     

TopMaryland Guilds

Calvert Spinners and Weavers
  Contact: Cathy Kinzie
  Email:
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 2nd Sunday (demos open to public in spring/summer)
  Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  Location: Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum (JPPM)
St. Leonard, MD
Southern Maryland, western shore of the Chesapeake
  MAFA Region B
     
Central Delmarva Fiber Guild
  Contact: Mary Ann Wandell (President)
  Email: Centraldelmarvafibers@msn.com
Website: groups.yahoo.com/group/centraldelmarvafibers
  Phone: 410-968-3548
  Meetings: TBA
  Time: TBA
  Location: PO Box 721
c/o Mary Ann Wandell
Crisfield, MD 21817
  MAFA Region B
     
Chesapeake Weavers Guild
  Contact: Laurie Layden
  Email: glaurie3@gmail.com
  Website: mafafiber.org/chesapeake/index.htm
  Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, Sept. – June
  Time: 9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  Location: Members' homes
  MAFA Region B
     
FiberGuild
  Contact: Carol Ireland
  Email: spinningbiker@comcast.net
  Website: groups.yahoo.com/group/fiberguild/
  Meetings: 1st Thursday of each month
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Greenbank Mill
500 Greenbank Road
Wilmington, DE
  MAFA Region B
     
Harmony Weaver's Guild
  Contact: Jan King
  Email: jmking1949@aol.com
  Website: www.harmonyweaversguild.org
  Meetings: 2nd Thursday of the month Sept-June
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: Greenbank Mill
500 Greenbank Road
Wilmington, DE
  MAFA Region B
     
Potomac Fiber Arts Guild
 

Contact:

Jeanne Bohlen

  Email: see website for more details--or guild events page on the MAFA website
 

Website:

www.potomacfiberartsguild.org

  Meetings: 2nd Saturday, Sept. – June
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: St. James Episcopal Church,
11815 Seven Locks Rd,
Potomac, MD 20854
  MAFA Region A
     

Third Star Fibre Artists Guild

Contact: Annette Devitt
Email: amdevitt@att.net
Website: N/A
Meetings: 2nd Monday of the month
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Ware Agricultural Building
51 Cheney Road
Woodstown, NJ 08098
  MAFA Region D
     
Warped Weavers Guild
  Contact: Barbara Stam
  Email: f.b.stam@gmail.com
  Website: www.warpedweavers.org
  Meetings: 4th Sunday
  Time: 2:30 p.m.
  Location: First Presbyterian Church
224 N. Main St
Bel Air, MD
  MAFA Region B
     
Weaver's Guild of Greater Baltimore (WGGB)
  Contact: N/A
  Email: weaversguild@verizon.net
  Website: www.wggb.org
  Meetings: 1st Tuesday, Sept. – June
  Time: 7:15 p.m.
  Location: The Howard County Center for the Arts
8510 High Ridge Road
Ellicott City, MD
  MAFA Region B
     

Weaver's Roundtable

Contact: Barbara Diefenderfer
Email: barbara.norris@verizon.net
Website: N/A
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday September-June
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Washington Museum of Fine Arts
91 Key St.
Hagerstown, MD 21740
MAFA Region B

Top New Jersey Guilds

Frances Irwin Handweavers
  Contact: Karen Bryson
  Email: karenbryson@gmail.com
  Website: www.francesirwinhandweavers.org
  Meetings: 2nd Monday, Sept. – June
  Time: 9:30 am – 2 pm
  Location: Warren City Library (Catherine Dickson Branch)
4 Lambert Rd.
Blairstown, NJ
  MAFA Region F
     
Handweavers of Bucks County
  Contact: Maryanne McDevitt
  Email: metiggs@verizon.net
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 2nd Wednesday of each month
  Time: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  Location: Jericho Valley Community Center
at Street & Lurgan Rds.
Upper Makefield Township
New Hope, PA 18938
  MAFA Region D
     
Jockey Hollow Weavers
  Contact: See Web Site
  Email: See Web Site
  Website: www.jockeyhollowweavers.org
  Meetings: Usually 1st Wednesday, Sept. – June
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  Location: Grace Lutheran Church
65 East Main St.
Mendham, NJ
See map at website
  MAFA Region F
     
Palisades Guild of Spinners & Weavers
  Contact: Elisa Eiger
  Email: palisadesguild@hotmail.com
  Website: mafafiber.org/palisades/index.html
  Meetings: 4th Thursday of the month
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Saddle River Library
245 Lake St.,
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
  MAFA Region E
     
Princeton Weavers’ Guild
  Contact: Barbara Hamilton
  Email: hambarbara@gmail.com
  Website: N/A
  Meetings:
  Time:
  Location:
  MAFA Region E
     
Shore Fiber Arts Guild
  Contact: Jeannette Riviere
  Email: jaftlc@yahoo.com
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 3rd Monday of each month
3 study groups also meet monthly
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  Location: Oakhurst Community Center
Oakhurst, NJ
  MAFA Region E
 
South Jersey Guild of Spinners and Handweavers
  Contact: Judy Donovan
  Email: mail@sjgsh.org
  Website: www.sjgsh.org
Spinners
  Meetings: 4th Wednesday
  Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
  Location: Mount Holly, NJ area (email for info)
Weavers
  Meetings: Generally 4th Wednesday, Sept.-May
(email to confirm)
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  Location: Medford Leas Handcrafts Room
Medford, NJ
  MAFA Region D
 
Third Star Fibre Artists Guild
 
Contact:
Annette Devitt
Email:
Website:
N/A
Meetings: 2nd Monday of the month
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Ware Agricultural Building
51 Cheney Road
Woodstown, NJ 08098
 
MAFA Region
 D
     
Westfield Weavers Guild
  Contact: Stephen Fox
  Email: contact@westfieldweavers.org
  Website: westfieldweavers.org
  Meetings: Usually 3rd Monday, Sept. – June
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  Location: Member homes, within 50 miles of Westfield, NJ
  MAFA Region E
     

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New York State Guilds

Black Sheep Handspinners Guild
  Contact: Jim Johnson
  Email: president@blacksheephandspinnersguild.org
  Website: blacksheephandspinnersguild.org/
  Meetings: 2nd Saturday of each month
  Time: 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  Location: All Saints Church Parish Hall
347 Ridge Rd
Lansing, NY
  MAFA Region F
     
Chautauqua County Weaver's Guild
  Contact: Darlene Lander
  Email: darlene@netsync.net
  Website: www.mafafiber.org/chautauqua/
  Meetings: 4th Saturday of each month March-November
  Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  Location: St. Peter's Episcopal Church
12 Elm St., Westfield, NY
  MAFA Region C
     
Guild for Fiber Arts
  Contact: Jo Anne Fatherly
  Email: jafath@hvi.net
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: First Thursday of the month
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  Location: Members' homes
  MAFA Region F
     
Handweavers of the Mid-Hudson
  Contact: Peg Keiser
  Email: pegkeiser@verizon.net
  Website: www.handweavers.org
  Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, Sept. – June
  Time: 9:30-1:00
  Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills –Fellowship Hall
320 Sawkill Rd.
Kingston, NY 12401
  MAFA Region F
      (formerly Woodstock Weavers)
Handweaving and Fiber Arts Guild of Westchester
  Contact: Daphne Hougham
  Email: dafhougham@aol.com
  Website: N/A (see guild newsletters on the MAFA site, Guild Newsletters page!)
  Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month
  Time: 9:30 a.m.
  Location: The Weaving Center at Marymount Convent
32 Warren Avenue
Tarrytown, NY 10591
  MAFA Region E
     
New York Guild of Handweavers
  Contact: Kathy Vermilye
  Email: info@nyhandweavers.org
  Website: www.nyhandweavers.org
  Meetings: Last Saturday of the month, Sept., Oct, Jan – April
First Saturday of the month, Dec.
  Time: 1:00 p.m.
  Location: The School of Visual Arts
Room 206A
214 East 21st St. (between 2nd & 3rd Aves.)
New York, NY
  MAFA Region E
     
Palisades Guild of Spinners & Weavers
  Contact: Elisa Eiger
  Email: palisadesguild@hotmail.com
  Website: mafafiber.org/Palisades/index.html
  Meetings: 4th Thursday, of the month
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Saddle River Library
245 Lake St.,
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
  MAFA Region E
     
Paumanok Weavers Guild
  Contact: Lorrie Koelbel
  Email: lorriek@verizon.net
  Website: www.paumanokweaversguild.com
  Meetings: Second Saturday of the month
  Time: 10:00 am
  Location: Suffolk County Historical Society
300 W. Main St.
Riverhead, NY 11901
  MAFA Region E
Southern Tier Fiberarts Guild
  Contact: Carol Wood
  Email: woodrose46@yahoo.com
  Facebook: www.facebook.com/editprofile.php?sk=picture#!/pages/Southern-Tier-Fiberarts-Guild/140396199337501
  Meetings: First Saturday of each month
  Time: 10:00 a.ml-2:00 p.m.
  Location: Trinity Lutheran Church
470 N. Main St.
Wellsville, NY 14895
April & September--we meet at member's home
  MAFA Region E
     
Weaver's Guild of Buffalo
  Contact: Suanne Pasquarella
  Email: nyhgarep@yahoo.com
  Website: www.weaversguildofbuffalo.org
  Meetings: Evening—3rd Thursday 6:30pm
Day—4th Thursday 10:00 am
  Time: see above
  Location: Amherst Museum
3755 Tonawanda Creek Rd.
Amherst, NY 14228
call to verify meeting time and place (716-889-1440)
  MAFA Region C
     
Weavers Guild of Rochester
  Contact: Suanne Pasquarella
  Email: nyhgarep@yahoo.com
  Website: www.weaversguildofrochester.org
  Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, September–June (email to confirm)
  Time: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Location: 1st Baptist Church of Rochester
175 Allens Creek Rd.
Rochester, NY 14618
  MAFA Region C
     

TopNorth Carolina Guilds

Mountain Homespun Fiber Guild
Contact: DuBose Bartol
Email: dubose@interserv.com
Website: N/A
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday
Time:
Location: various members' homes
MAFA Region C/D
 
Outer Banks Fiber Guild
  Contact: Cole Fagersten
  Email:

coleszoo@charter.net

  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 2nd Saturday of each month, Sept – May
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: Held at various locations--Manteo, NC
  MAFA Region A
 
Seacoast Spinners and Weavers Guild
  Contact: Kathleen Miottke
  Email: pmiottke@suddenlink.net
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 2nd Wednesday of the month
  Time: 10:00am-2:00 pm
  Location: St. Andrew Lutheran Church
Neuse Blvd.
New Bern, NC 28560
  MAFA Region A
     
Triangle Weavers Inc.
  Contact: Nancy Williamson
  Email: triangleweavers@gmail.com
  Website: www.triangleweavers.org
  Meetings: 4th Thursday of each month August-May--watch our website!
  Time: 7:00-9:30 p.m.
  Location: Seymour Center
2551 Homestead Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
  MAFA Region A
Western NC Fibers/Handweavers Guild (WNCFHG)
Contact: Lynda Feldman
Email: info@wncfhg.org
Website: www.wncfhg.org
Meetings: Feb-Nov, 2nd Saturday of the month
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Historic Johnson Farm, Hendersonville, NC
MAFA Region A

TopPennsylvania Guilds

Butler County Spinners & Weavers Guild
  Contact: Christine Williamson
  Email: strwvr@zoominternet.net
  Website: butlerguild.org
  Meetings: 1st Wednesday of each month
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: Penn State Cooperative Extension Office
101 Motor Pool Way, Butler, PA
  MAFA Region C
     
Canyon Country Fiber Arts Guild
Contact:
Louise J. Neu
Email:
canyon_country_fiber_arts_guild@yahoo.com
Website:
N/A
Meetings:
Third Sunday of the month
Time:
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Location:
Tioga County Fairgrounds, Whitneyville PA
MAFA Region C
Central Pennsylvania Guild of Handweavers
  Contact: Sue Helmken
  Email: barefootweaver@earthlink.net
  Website: paweaving.webs.com
  Meetings: 1st Wednesday of the month
  Time: 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
  Location: The Mannings
1132 Green Ridge Road
East Berlin PA 17316
  MAFA Region A
     
East Penn Fiber Guild
  Contact: Diane Huddleston
  Email: dhchopchop@rcn.com
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 1st Wednesday of the month
  Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
  Location: Kalmbach Memorial Park (in the restored barn)
200 Cotton St.
Macungie, PA
  MAFA Region D
     
FiberGuild
  Contact: Carol Ireland
  Email: spinningbiker@comcast.net
  Website: groups.yahoo.com/group/fiberguild/
  Meetings: 1st Thursday (September through June)
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Greenbank Mill
500 Greenbank Road
Wilmington, DE
see www.greenbankmill.org for directions
  MAFA Region B
     
Frances Irwin Handweavers
  Contact: Karen Bryson
  Email: karenbryson@gmail.com
  Website: www.francesirwinhandweavers.org
  Meetings: 2nd Monday, Sept.–June
  Time: 9:30 am – 2 pm
  Location: Warren County Library (Catherine Dickson Hofman Branch)
4 Lambert Rd.
Blairstown, NJ
  MAFA Region F
     
Handweavers of Bucks County
  Contact: Maryanne McDevitt
  Email: metiggs@verizon.net
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 2nd Wednesday of each month
  Time: 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  Location: Jericho Valley Community Center
at Street & Lurgan Rds.
Upper Makefield Township
New Hope, PA 18938
  MAFA Region D
     
Harmony Weaver's Guild
  Contact: Jan King
  Email: jmking1949@aol.com
  Website: www.harmonyweaversguild.org
  Meetings: 2nd Thursday of the month Sept-June
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: Greenbank Mill
500 Greenbank Road
Wilmington, DE
  MAFA Region B
     
Lancaster Spinners & Weavers Guild
  Contact: Luciano Abbarno
  Email: mafa-rep-LSWG@mafafiber.org
  Website: www.lancspinweaveguild.org
  Meetings: 4th Thursday of each month
"Fiber Frolics" on the 2nd Thursday
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Zion Lutheran Church, Leola
  MAFA Region B
     
Northwest PA Spinners and Weavers Guild
  Contact: Bonnie Orr
  Email: orrbeezer@aol.com
  Website: http://www.npswg.org
  Meetings: 1st Saturday of each month - meeting
3rd Tuesday of each month - spinning
  Time: 10:00-2:00
  Location: e-mail for details while a new facility is being sought
  MAFA Region C
     
Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers
  Contact: Maryanne McDevitt
  Email: pghwinfo@gmail.com
  Website: www.pghw.org
  Meetings: 1st Thursday of the month
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Guild House
3705 Main St.
Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA
Guild House Phone: 215-487-9690
  MAFA Region D
     
Princeton Weaver's Guild
  Contact: Barbara Hamilton
  Email: hambarbara@gmail.com
  Website: N/A
  Meetings:
  Time:
  Location:
  MAFA Region E
     
Susquehanna Valley Spinners & Weavers Guild
  Contact: Brenda Ocker
  Email: ockersbj@dejazzd.com
  Website: www.svswg.org
  Meetings: Usually second Sunday, but please email ahead!
  Time: 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
  Location: 6404 Old Turnpike Road
Mifflinburg, PA ( otherwise known as Vicksburg ) NEW 2012!
  MAFA Region C
 

Third Star Fibre Artists Guild

Contact: Annette Devitt
Email: amdevitt@att.net
Website: N/A
Meetings: 2nd Monday of the month
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Ware Agricultural Building
51 Cheney Road
Woodstown, NJ 08098
  MAFA Region D
     
Washington Spinners and Weavers
  Contact: Fran McDowell
  Email: hilltop@pulsenet.com
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 3rd. Friday, Sept. thru May
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: Center Presbyterian Church in McMurray, PA
  MAFA Region C
     
Weavers Guild of Pittsburgh
  Contact: Beth Colman
  Email: admin@weaversguildpgh.net
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: Generally Saturday or Sunday
  Time: Afternoons
  Location: Member homes/studios, see website
  MAFA Region C
     

Top Virginia Guilds

Albemarle Handweavers' Guild
  Contact: Margaret Briggs
  Email: info@albemarleweavers.com
  Website: albemarleweavers.com/
  Meetings: 3rd Sunday
  Time: 1:30– 3:30 p.m.
  Location: Hollymead Fire Station #12
3575 Innovation Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22911
Please check the website as some programs and workshops are held at alternate locations.
  MAFA Region A
 Blue Ridge Spinners and Weavers Guild
Contact: Deborah Forrest
Email:
dforrest@centurylink.net
Website: www.brswg.org
Meetings: Last Wednesday of the month
Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 noon
Location: Purcellville Train Depot
200 North 21st Street
Purcellville, VA 20132
MAFA Region A
Foothills Spinners and Weavers Guild
  Contact: Diane Baumgartner
  Email: foothillsfiber@gmail.com
  Website: www.foothillsfiber.com
  Meetings: 3rd Saturday, except Aug.
  Time: 10:00 a.m. – noon
  Location: Herndon, VA Fortnightly Library
768 Center St
Herndon VA 20170
Please check the website as some meetings are held at alternate locations.
MAFA Region A
Handweavers Guild of the New River Valley
  Contact: Carolyn Moore
  Email:

NRVweavers@gmail.com

  Website: www.handweaversguild.org
  Meetings: 2nd Sunday, except June, July, August
  Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  Location: Usual location: Christiansburg Public Library
125 Sheltman Street
Christiansburg, VA 24073
  MAFA Region A
     
Potomac Fiber Arts Guild
 

Contact:

Jeanne Bohlen

  Email: see website for more details
 

Website:

www.potomacfiberartsguild.org

  Meetings: 2nd Saturday, Sept. – June
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: St. James Episcopal Church,
11815 Seven Locks Rd,
Potomac, MD 20854
  MAFA Region A
     
Shenandoah Valley Textile Guild & Museum
Contact: Nancy Voas
Email: nancyvoasweave@gmail.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/fiberfolks.org/fiberfolks/
Meetings: Usually 4th Sunday Sept-June
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community
Rt 42
Harrisonburg, VA
MAFA Region A
Waterford Weavers Guild
Contact: Liz Francis
Email: info@waterfordweaversguild.org
Website: www.waterfordweaversguild.org
Meetings: Sundays and Wednesdays
Time:
Location: Members' homes--email for detailed schedule
MAFA Region A
Williamsburg Spinners and Weavers Guild
  Contact: David Banks
  Email: dfbanks@earthlink.net
  Website: williamsburgspinweave.org
  Meetings: 3rd Monday of each month
  Time: 9:30 a.m. (social)
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. business/program
  Location: James City County Community Center
5301 Longhill Road, Williamsburg VA.
  MAFA Region A

TopWest Virginia Guilds

Morgantown Fiber Guild
  Contact: Lori Wall
  Email: lori@crimsonshamrockalpacas.com
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 3rd Wednesday of each month Mar-Dec
  Time: 6:30 p.m.
  Location: The Needlecraft Barn, Guild Member Homes and the
Monongalia Arts Center (MAC)
  MAFA Region C/D
Fiber Arts Network
Contact: Marie Murtaugh
Email: vmarie@mac.com
Website: n/a
Meetings: 2nd Thursday of the month
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Carnegie Hall
105 Church Street
Lewisburg, WV
MAFA Region C/D
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