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  • Two presenters demonstrate sewing machine skills to a conference audience.

    Registration opens for 2026 Marine Fabricators Conference

    Steven Wayne and Jeff Newkirk give a live demonstration on a sewing machine during the 2025 Marine Fabricators Conference. Registration is now open [...]

  • Consumer confidence decreases in June

    July 1, 2025Industry News, News

    Image: The Conference Board The Conference Board released the June 2025 Consumer Confidence Index®, reporting that consumer confidence fell by 5.4 points in June [...]

  • Brianna Liestman.

    Take time to unwind

    July 1, 2025Editorial

    I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that you have been busy for the past few months. This may be [...]

  • Marine Industry Events

    July 1, 2025Events

    All calendar events are subject to change. Please check websites for updated information. Sept. 12-13, 2025MFA Southwest Regional WorkshopPaul’s Custom CanvasDenver, Co.textiles.org/marineworkshops Oct. [...]

  • Work smarter, not harder

    July 1, 2025Features

    © 9dreamstudio | Dreamstime.com Have you ever witnessed a unique method used by an industry colleague and thought to yourself, “That’s so simple—why didn’t I [...]

  • A boat in transit in a large body of water.

    Making moves

    July 1, 2025Features

    © Andrea Muscatello | Dreamstime.com It takes skill to be a fabricator, but it takes even more to be a successful fabricator—because at some point, [...]

  • Bedding buffs know their stuff(ing)

    July 1, 2025Features

    © Aleksei Todosko | Dreamstime.com As consumers increasingly recognize the impact of good sleep on physical and mental health, they’re paying more attention [...]

  • (from left to right) Derek Robinson, Steven Wayne, Mike Boatman, Julie Jacobs and Mark Peterson holding fabric projects from the 2025 Fabricator Olympics.

    A brief snapshot of the MFA

    July 1, 2025MFA Update

    The first Marine Fabricators Association newsletter, published in July 1991. Welcome everyone to a new column I will be writing for Marine Fabricator. [...]

  • An invoice pad turned to a blank page.

    The floating shop rate

    July 1, 2025Business

    Over the past 20 years, the question I’m asked most often by canvas makers, upholsters and my students is “How much should I [...]