June 17, 2026 | Summer Warp Exchange Challenge

Evening Meeting 

6:30pm, Weaving and Fiber Arts Center, East Rochester

A Summer Challenge for our June 17th meeting. Bring 3 small warps to share. All warps should be 3 yards long. Be sure to have your cross intact and maybe use a few choke ties to keep the warp secure. Have each warp contain enough threads for about 1" of width for your yarn based on a sett for a balanced weave. It would be useful to label your warp with fiber content and number of warp ends. At the exchange you will take home 3 other warps and see how you can put them together with what you might find in your own stash for a fun, quick summer project. If you need help making your warps you can give Sharon or Miranda a call/email. We will bring our

September 9, 2026 | Excellence in Simplicity - Quaker Bonnets from the Collections of 1816 Farmington Quaker Meeting House with Brandon Brooks

Guild Monthly Meeting 

9:30am, First Baptist Church  Zoomed to home members

Fashion historian and Director of Programs for the Landmark Society of Western New York, Brandon W. Brooks—formerly curator at Genesee Country Village & Museum—will present this fascinating talk.

This presentation explores Quaker bonnets from the collections of the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse. Though simple in appearance, these bonnets are expertly constructed, demonstrating that simplicity does not equate to something boring, unattractive, or primitive.

The talk will highlight textile and fashion-related items from the Meetinghouse’s never-before-seen collections, offering insight into Quaker values, craftsmanship, and aesthetic choices in the early 19th century.

BIO

Brandon W. Brooks is a museum professional and former mental health practitioner with a passion for community engagement, storytelling, and interdisciplinary programming. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from Adelphi university’s Honors College in 2010 and went on to spend a decade working in the mental health field, developing a strong foundation in human behavior, communication, and community care. In 2016, Brooks began working as a curatorial assistant Genesee Country Village & Museum, collaborating with Curator Emerita Patricia Tice. His work there marked a transition into the museum field, where he developed experience in collections, exhibitions, and public programming.

October 14, 2026 | Chromatic Fantasy, Music, Mathematics and Magic in Doubleweave with Jennifer Moore

Guild Monthly Meeting 

9:30am, First Baptist Church  Zoomed to home members

For nearly 40 years I have been exploring relationships between weaving, mathematics and music in my doubleweave wallpieces. In this multi-media presentation, I will show how I have used doubleweave pick-up as a medium for my geometric designs and color harmonies. I will explain the basic principles of the golden proportion, symmetry movements, tessellations and fractals, and show how I have used them in my work. The program will culminate with a journey through my masters project and an animated video of my weavings dancing to the music of Bach.

BIO

After experimenting with various structures for several years, I found my home in the ancient technique of doubleweave pick-up. In doubleweave two layers of cloth are woven simultaneously, one above the

other on the loom. Through the exacting process of hand pick-up, I exchange threads between the two layers, building original designs onto the underlying grid. By blending numerous colors together in both my warp and weft and playing one layer against the other, I am able to create a nearly limitless range of subtle color gradations. the years I have developed

October 14 -16, 2026 | Double Rainbow Workshop with Jennifer Moore

Guild 2 ½ Day Workshop

First Baptist Church  in person only

2 layers, 4 or 8 shafts, 6 colors = Endless Possibilities

This is perhaps the ultimate color sampler! You will begin by winding a warp and setting up your loom according to Jennifer's system for working with multiple colors in a rotational sequence and bringing it to the workshop. A basic two-layered structure will enable you to mix and match your colors, creating an amazing array of color mixtures. As you weave and your warp colors move past each other you will experience a visual feast of iridescence and moire patterns. We will also experiment with single-layered structures such as warp rep and warp-faced twills and the effects that they create on this versatile warp. Those set up for two blocks on eight shafts will also be able explore an unlimited range of block combinations. This sampler will provide a remarkable education in color theory and how optical mixtures work in weaving, as well as a great source of inspiration for future weaving projects.

Sign Up & Entry fee in August- TBA

Material fee - $15 per student

Maximum - 20 students

This workshop has evolved since our Zoomed version in 2021. Jennifer has updated and improved the materials and has the ability to do live loom demonstrations, show the recorded versions or both. She will also send out links to the recorded demonstrations and pdf files of all the slideshows at the end of the workshop. Many people have taken this workshop more than once.,.

November 11, 2026 | Designing - Moving from Ideas to Woven Objects with Michael Rohde

Guild Monthly Meeting 

9:30am, First Baptist Church  Zoomed, on the big screen & to home members

Over the years, I’ve woven many rugs and tapestries. Sometimes the final product comes out of the weave structure, or images I have seen in readings or travels, other textiles or suggestions from others. In this talk, I will show ways that one can take a source idea and turn it into a weaving, with source ideas and images of a few physical weavings.

BIO

The medium in which I choose to work is fiber, primarily flat woven pieces. I’ve picked this less than common medium, having been drawn to the possibilities of relationships between subliminal texture and the interaction of light and color. Having taken this route, the weavings can become an embodiment of the freedom to explore how colors relate to each other and to the surface properties of the fibers used. Pure color and specific color combinations of color have the power to speak to each of us, often producing differing responses in each person. By limiting the vocabulary to color and woven texture, the works are better able to stimulate reactions and emotions that these raw color and spatial relationships can have on the viewer