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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.

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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SELECT STATE: DE, DC, MD, NC, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV,


Delaware Guilds

 
FiberGuild
  Contact: Carol Ireland
  Email: spinningbiker@comcast.net
  Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fiberguild/
  Meetings: 1st Thursday (September through June)
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Greenbank Mill
500 Greenbank Road
Wilmington, DE
  MAFA Region B
     
Harmony Weaver's Guild
  Contact: Eleanor Matthews
  Email: neutraljohn@att.net
  Website: N/A
  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 and 4th Mondays of the month
Time: 2nd Monday–7:30 p.m., 4th Monday–10:00 a.m.
Location: 2nd Monday–Ware Agricultural Building, Mannington, NJ
4th Monday–Gloucester County Library, Mullica Hill, NJ
  MAFA Region D
     

Top District of Columbia Guilds

Potomac Craftsmen Guild, Inc.
 

Contact:

Jeanne Bohlen

  Email: see website for more details
 

Website:

http://www.potomaccraftsmenguild.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: gtlal2@verizon.net
  Website: mafafiber.org/chesapeake/index.htm
  Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, Sept. – Nov. & Jan. – May
  Time: 9:30 a.m.
  Location: Members' homes
  MAFA Region B
     
FiberGuild
  Contact: Carol Ireland
  Email: spinningbiker@comcast.net
  Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fiberguild/
  Meetings: 1st Thursday (September through June)
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Greenbank Mill
500 Greenbank Road
Wilmington, DE
  MAFA Region B
     
Harmony Weaver's Guild
  Contact: Eleanor Matthews
  Email: neutraljohn@att.net
  Website: N/A
  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 Craftsmen Guild, Inc.
 

Contact:

Jeanne Bohlen

  Email: see website for more details
 

Website:

http://www.potomaccraftsmenguild.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 and 4th Mondays of the month
Time: 2nd Monday–7:30 p.m., 4th Monday–10:00 a.m.
Location: 2nd Monday–Ware Agricultural Building, Mannington, NJ
4th Monday–Gloucester County Library, Mullica Hill, NJ
  MAFA Region D
     
Warped Weavers Guild
  Contact: Barbara Stam
  Email: f.b.stam@gmail.com
  Website: To Come
  Meetings: 4th Sunday
  Time: 3:00 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: Mickie Schneider
Email: hlsforts@innernet.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: Linda Dexter, Sally Orgren
  Email: ljdexter@mwisp.net
  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: Joan H. Jensen
  Email: jensenjh@comcast.net
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, Sept. – June
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: Jerico Valley Community Center
at Street & Lurgan Rds.
Upper Makefield Township
  MAFA Region D
     
Jockey Hollow Weavers
  Contact: See Web Site
  Email: See Web Site
  Website: http://www.geocities.com/jockeyhollowweavers
  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: http://mafafiber.org/palisades/index.html
  Meetings: 4th Thursday – Sept., Oct. & Jan.– June
1st Thursday – Dec.
  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: Hamilton@idaccr.org
  Website: http://riversidefiberarts.com/PWG-Home.html
  Meetings: 3rd Tuesday, Sept.-June
  Time: 7:00 p.m. Social
7:30 p.m. Meeting
  Location: West Windsor New Jersey Public Library
333 North Post Road
Princeton Junction, NJ
Library Phone: (609) 799-0902
  MAFA Region E
     
South Jersey Guild of Spinners and Handweavers
  Contact: Karen Donde
  Email: kjjjdonde@verizon.net
  Website: http://www.sjgsh.org
Spinners
  Meetings: 1st 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
     
Shore Fiber Arts Guild
  Contact: Mary Rosell
  Email: mhrosell@att.net
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 3rd Monday
3 study groups also meet monthly
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  Location: Oakhurst Activity Center
Oakhurst, NJ
  MAFA Region E
 
Third Star Fibre Artists Guild
 
Contact:
Annette Devitt
Email:
Website:
N/A
Meetings:
2nd and 4th Mondays of the month
Time:
2nd Monday–7:30 p.m., 4th Monday–10:00 a.m.
Location:
2nd Monday–Ware Agriculture Bulding, Mannington, NJ;
4th Monday–Gloucester County Library, Mullica Hill, NJ
 
MAFA Region
 D
     
Westfield Weavers Guild
  Contact: Stephen Fox
  Email: contact@westfieldweavers.org
  Website: http://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: Ann Furman
  Email: ahf@zoom-dsl.com
  Website: http://blacksheephandspinnersguild.org/
  Meetings: 2nd Saturday
  Time: 11:00 a.m.
  Location: Sept-May: Varna Community Center
943 Dryden Rd
Ithaca, NY 14850
Dec & July-Aug: Members' homes
  MAFA Region F
     
Chautauqua County Weaver's Guild
  Contact: Joan Martin
  Email: jemwork@alltel.net
  Website: www.mafafiber.org/chautauqua/index.html
  Meetings: 4th Saturday, March–November
  Time: 10:00 a.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
     
Handweaving and Fiber Arts Guild of Westchester
  Contact: Elaine Epstein
  Email: e2oneofakind@yahoo.com
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, Sept. – June
  Time: 9:30 a.m.
  Location: The Weaving Center
32 Warren Avenue
Tarrytown NY 10591
  MAFA Region E
     
New York Guild of Handweavers
  Contact: Kathy Vermilye
  Email: info@nyhandweavers.org
  Website: http://www.nyhandweavers.org/
  Meetings: Last Saturday, Sept. – April
  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: http://mafafiber.org/Palisades/index.html
  Meetings: 4th Thursday, Sept., Oct. & Jan. – June;
1st Thursday, Dec.
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Saddle River Library, 245 Lake St.,
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
  MAFA Region E
     
Paumanok Weavers Guild
  Contact: Nancy D'Angelo
  Email: gnkdan@unionplus.net
  Website: www.geocities.com/paumanokweavers
  Meetings: 2nd Monday, Sept. – June
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Suffolk County Historical Museum
300 W. Main St.
Riverhead, NY 11901
  MAFA Region E
Southern Tier Fiberarts Guild
  Contact: Carol Wood
  Email: woodrose46@yahoo.com
  Website:
  Meetings: please e-mail for information
  Time:
  Location: Wellsville, NY
  MAFA Region E
     
Weaver's Guild of Buffalo
  Contact: Suanne Pasquarella
  Email: nyhgarep@yahoo.com
  Website: http://www.weaversguildofbuffalo.org
  Meetings: Evening—usually 3rd Thurs. 6:30pm
Day—usually 4th Thurs. 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: http://www.weaversguildofrochester.org
  Meetings: Generally 2nd Wednesday, Sept. – June (email to confirm)
  Time: 9:45 a.m.
  Location: 1st Baptist Church of Rochester
175 Allens Creek Rd.
Rochester, NY 14618
  MAFA Region C
     
Handweavers of the Mid-Hudson
  Contact: Alisa Brown
  Email: spiritweave@hvc.rr.com
  Website: http://www.handweavers.org
  Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, Sept. – June
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills –Fellowship Hall
Sawkill Rd.
Kingston, NY 12401
  MAFA Region F
      (formerly Woodstock Weavers)

TopNorth Carolina Guilds

Outer Banks Fiber Guild
  Contact: Kaeli Spiers
  Email:

kaeli.spiers@earthlink.net

  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 2nd Saturday, Sept – June
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  Location: Member homes
  MAFA Region A
 
Seacoast Spinners and Weavers Guild
  Contact: Julia McDonald
  Email: lynthead@embarqmail.com
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 2nd Wednesday, Sept.-May
  Time: 10:00am-11:00am - Social
11:00 am-12:00- Business
Noon—Bag Lunch
1:00 p.m.—Program
  Location: St. Andrew Lutheran Church
Neuse Blvd.
New Bern, NC
  MAFA Region A
     
Triangle Weavers Inc.
  Contact: Sally Kahler
  Email: sallykahler@hotmail.com
  Website: http://www.triangleweavers.org
  Meetings: 4th Wednesday of the month
  Time: 7:00-9:30 p.m.
  Location: Seymour Center
2551 Homestead Rd
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
  MAFA Region A
     

TopPennsylvania Guilds

Butler County Spinners & Weavers Guild
  Contact: Wini Labrecque
  Email: strwvr@zoominternet.net
  Website: butlerguild.org
  Meetings: 1st Wednesday, plus special meetings
  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: Mickie Schneider
  Email: hlsforts@innernet.net
  Website: http://www.geocities.com/pa_weaving/
  Meetings: 1st Wednesday, Sept.-May.
June meeting & picnic at members home 11 a.m.
  Time: 10:00 a.m.
  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 except July no mtg, Aug picnic
  Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
  Location: Kalmbach Memorial Park (in the restored barn)
Macungie, PA
  MAFA Region D
     
FiberGuild
  Contact: Carol Ireland
  Email: spinningbiker@comcast.net
  Website: http://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: Lois Cain
  Email: kerrycain@aol.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
     
Harmony Weaver's Guild
  Contact: Eleanor Matthews
  Email: neutraljohn@att.net
  Website: N/A
  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 & Weaver's Guild
  Contact: Ellen Anderson
  Email: emhanson@lmf.net
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 4th Thursday all year except Nov. no meeting: Dec meeting is 1st Thursday.
  Time: 7:00 p.m., Sept.–April
6:30 p.m., May–Aug.
  Location: Sept.-April, Zion Lutheran Church, Leola
May-Aug., meet in Members' homes
  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: Lynn Jackson
  Email: lynncjackson@comcast.net
  Website: www.pghw.org
  Meetings: 1st Thursday
  Time: 10:00 a.m. or 7:00 p.m., alternately
  Location: 3705 Main St.
Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA
Guild House Phone: 215-487-9690
  MAFA Region D
     
Princeton Weaver's Guild
  Contact: Barbara Hamilton
  Email: Hamilton@idaccr.org
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: Weavers: 2nd Thursday, Sept.– May
Spinners: 3rd Tuesday, Sept.– June
  Time: 7:30 p.m. Social
8:00 p.m. Meeting
  Location: West Windsor New Jersey Public Library
333 North Post Road
Princeton Junction, NJ
Library Phone: (609) 799-0902
  MAFA Region E
     
Susquehanna Valley Spinners & Weavers Guild
  Contact: Kathy Wagner
  Email: dulcimerlady@aol.com
  Website: http://www.svswg.org
  Meetings: Usually second Sunday, but please email ahead!
  Time: 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
  Location: Lewisburg Senior Citizen's Center
116 N. 2nd Street
Lewisburg, PA
  MAFA Region C
 

Third Star Fibre Artists Guild

Contact: Annette Devitt
Email: amdevitt@att.net
Website: N/A
Meetings: 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month
Time: 2nd Monday–7:30 p.m., 4th Monday–10:00 a.m.
Location: 2nd Monday–Ware Agricultural Building, Mannington, NJ
4th Monday–Gloucester County Library, Mullica Hill, NJ
  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: http://www.weaversguildpgh.net
  Meetings: Generally Saturday or Sunday
  Time: Afternoons
  Location: Member homes/studios, see website
  MAFA Region C
     

Top Virginia Guilds

Albemarle Handweavers' Guild
  Contact: Joan Sorensen
  Email: info@albemarleweavers.com
  Website: http://albemarleweavers.com/
  Meetings: 3rd Sunday
  Time: 1:30– 3:30 p.m.
  Location: Rivanna River Farm & Fiber Studio, 5754 Advance Mills Rd., Advance Mills, VA 22968
  MAFA Region A
     
Foothills Spinners and Weavers Guild
  Contact: Diane Baumgartner
  Email: poindextra@yahoo.com
  Website: N/A
  Meetings: 3rd Saturday, except Aug.
  Time: 10:00 a.m. – noon
  Location: Herndon, VA Fortnightly Library
768 Center St
Herndon VA 20170
MAFA Region A
Handweavers Guild of the New River Valley
  Contact: Liz Ackerman
  Email:

NRVweavers@gmail.com

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

Contact:

Jeanne Bohlen

  Email: see website for more details
 

Website:

http://www.potomaccraftsmenguild.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
     
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/Williamsburg 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, Sept.–June
  Time: 7:00 p.m.
  Location: Members' homes
  MAFA Region C/D
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