Orlando Distaff Day

Orlando Distaff Day operates as a hotel-based fiber arts event rather than a shop-to-shop crawl. Held at the Holiday Inn Resort in Kissimmee, the event runs across two days: a Friday evening session limited to preregistered attendees and a Saturday marketplace open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Participants gather in one location to shop from multiple vendors, attend activities, and connect with other fiber artists. The event takes its name from the medieval tradition of Distaff Day, when women returned to their spinning wheels after the Christmas season. Orlando Distaff Day brings the medieval tradition of post-Christmas fiber work into a modern Florida setting. Instead of traveling between shops, attendees converge on a single Kissimmee resort location where vendors set up for a concentrated marketplace experience. The Friday evening preview allows early shopping before the main Saturday event opens to a broader audience. The Central Florida setting near Orlando's theme park corridor creates an option for crafters to combine fiber arts with family vacation plans.