Wednesday Summer Series 2026
The 2026 Wednesday Summer Workshop Series offers Guild members an opportunity to view 7 Morning Workshop Zoom recordings. Each video will be available to registered attendees for 7 days beginning on a Wednesday, during which time you can watch as often as you wish with full video control such as pause, back up, and fast forward. If the instructor has provided handouts they will be available for download on the website video page.
July 8 - July 14
Linda Schultz
Tesselations are Cool!
Tessellations are shapes which can fill a surface without gaps or overlapping, famously used in the artwork of M. C. Escher. Tessellation designs are often appealing and are especially suited to weaving designs. A single shape is repeated, then flipped, rotated or moved to interlock with itself in different ways.
July 15 - July 21
Phyllis Miller
Woven Sashiko -- Explore the Tradition
Sashiko-ori (woven sashiko) is a method for handweavers to produce in their own woven fabrics the patterns of traditionally hand stitched sashiko designs. The patterns often require 6 to 8 shafts (seldom 4) and consist of blocks of plain weave ground crossed by floats of pattern warp and/or weft threads.
Ellen Hess
Developing Color Ideas from Visual Inspiration Images
July 22 - July 28
A weaver’s voice comes through the use of color, pattern and texture. But where do we get our color inspiration? This presentation will walk you through identifying colors in a visual reference image, understanding their qualities and relationships to other colors, and offer ways to use them effectively with different weave structures and yarns.
Cally Booker
Designing for weave with sound and rhythm
July 29 - August 4
The sounds of our environment can be a rich source of inspiration, but how exactly do we take that inspiration to the loom? In this workshop we will reflect on the sounds we hear in our local soundscape - from the uplifting to the mundane - and explore ways in which we can respond to them creatively.
August 5 - August 11
Jamie Hurlburt
Crackle Weave: A Weaver's Playground
Crackle is a very practical structure, with short floats that won’t snag in a tea towel. It’s also an incredibly versatile structure, with more treadling options than any other style of weaving I’ve found. That same threading that makes a sturdy tea towel can be woven off as lace or as twill, turned into a polychrome rainbow, or treadled for honeycomb.
August 12 - August 18
Sara Nordling
Design (Going Beyond the Recipe)
If you are going through the effort to make a hand woven textile, shouldn’t it be well designed? How would you go about doing that? This workshop will lead your through the elements and principles of good design so that you can make sure your weaving is not only structurally sound but aesthetically pleasing.
August 19 - August 25
Ginny Hamilton
Mary Mandarino
Sewing a Zippered Pouch
Here is an inspiring project to use your leftover handwoven fabric. Learn how to make zipper bags with a complementary lining using remnants of handwoven fabric. Create a surprise on the inside and a bead pull tab. They are great for gifting.