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A bi-annual fiber festival in Macomb, IL held every March & October. Meet & shop with fiber farmers, dyers, and artisans throughout Illinois and the Midwest.

Learn how to needle felt, how to use a drop spindle, and see carding & spinning demonstrations.

10/26/2026

This fall’s fiber fest in Macomb on Oct. 24 featured a dozen farmers and nine artisans — all of them women.

“The fact that we had 12 women farmers under one roof I thought was kind of neat,” said event organizer Lindsey Moore, who owns Little Creek Alpacas near Plymouth.

The United Nations declared 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer, so Moore said it seemed appropriate to highlight women entrepreneurs during the fiber fest.

Read the story: https://www.tspr.org/tspr-local-news/2026-10-26/western-illinois-fiber-fest-highlights-women-farmers-and-artisans

10/26/2026

Thank you to all of you who came out to the Fall Western Illinois Fiber Festival 2026! We really appreciate your support. It was fun to have 12 women farmers and 9 women artisans gather under one roof during the International Year of the Woman Farmer. Mark your calendars for the 2027 Western Illinois Fiber Festival dates: Sat., March 20th & Sat., Oct. 23rd! We can't wait to see everyone again in the spring!

10/23/2026

Tomorrow is the big day! This is your chance to show support for women farmers during the International Year of the Woman Farmer! Come out to the Fall Western Illinois Fiber Festival 2026 Sat., Oct. 24th from 10am-4pm and shop with 12 women farmers and 9 women artisans. Plus, you can learn how to spin fiber into yarn with a drop spindle (free will donation) and make a needle felted project for just $10-$20, with at least 5 different projects to choose from! Free admission.lcated at the McDonough County 4-H Center - 3022 W Jackson St. in Macomb, IL.
Don't miss out! If you're looking for unique & amazing gifts, or fiber and yarn heaven, this is the place to come!

10/22/2026

Hello friends! The Fall Western Illinois Fiber Festival 2026 is also WIU's Homecoming, so a portion of West Jackson St. will be blocked off for the parade. The detour route is in green. If you're coming from the north, you'll want to turn right onto University Drive (stoplight after the state police station), left onto Western Ave., right onto University Drive, left onto Wigwam Hollow, then right onto W Jackson and the 4-H Center will be on the right. The road should open back up by noon (I think the parade starts at 10am), but I wanted everyone to be aware of the temporary closure for the parade.

10/21/2026

The menu is out for the Fall Western Illinois Fiber Festival 2026!
- Roasted broccoli cheddar soup (vegetarian, made w/ veggie stock base)
- Avocado toast on homemade sourdough (with option of egg, without egg it's vegan & vegetarian)
- Southwest quinoa salad (vegan, gluten free)
- Fruit cups (vegan, gluten free)
- Vietnamese chicken salad (gluten free)
- Lobster rolls
- Chicken salad sandwiches
- Grilled Cheeses: Blueberry & Brie, Falling Apple (has bacon on it), Dilly-O, and Basic
- Coffee cake
- Cinnamon rolls
- Cookies: chocolate chip, compost, pumpkin white chocolate
- Sourdough loaves: regular, black pepper Parmesan, cheddar jalapeno, maybe rosemary & sea salt
- Drinks: Coffee, c***r, regular & dirty sodas, iced tea, cold brew coffee, water

We can't wait to see everyone this Sat., Oct. 24th from 10am-4pm at the McDonough County 4-H Center - 3022 W Jackson St. in Macomb, IL!

10/16/2026

A huge thanks to The Burg for supporting women farmers and putting the Fall Western Illinois Fiber Festival 2026 on the front page! We can't wait to see everyone Sat., Oct. 24th from 10am-4pm at the McDonough County 4-H Center - 3022 W Jackson St. in Macomb, IL!

10/13/2026

The Fall Western Illinois Fiber Festival 2026 will be featuring 12 women farmers (9 pictured here) that you can meet and support in celebration of the International Year of the Woman Farmer! Read about it in The Burg (Galesburg, IL newspaper) this Thursday! We'll have 9 women artisan vendors as well, so don't miss out next Sat., Oct. 24th from 10am-4pm at the McDonough County 4-H Center in Macomb, IL.

10/12/2026

Shady Grove Farm Illinois is getting ready for the Fall Western Illinois Fiber Festival 2026, it's just 12 days away!

09/17/2026

We can't wait to gather with all our fiber friends on Sat., Oct. 24th from 10am-4pm at the Fall Western Illinois Fiber Festival 2026 in Macomb, IL! Come hang out, learn to spin, make a felted project, and shop for all your favorite fiber goodies. You'll find raw fiber, washed & picked fiber, roving, batt blends, felted sheets, a plethora of yarns in all colors & weights (mill-spun and hand-spun), felted animals & pictures, hats, socks, mittens, gloves, scarves, felting supplies, wool fertilizer pellets, artwork, goat's milk soap, fidget toys, cat toys, wreaths, hand dyed custom clothing, weighted furry animal companions & personalized memory bears, woven bags & purses, and more!

09/11/2026

Look at all the goodies one of our vendors, Jubilee Farms, has at the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival this weekend! I can't wait to see all her wooly goodness in person at the Fall Western Illinois Fiber Festival 2026. on Sat., Oct. 24th from 10am-4pm at the McDonough County 4-H Center in Macomb, IL.

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3022 W. Jackson Street
Macomb, IL
61455

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(309)2367957

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