Rug Braiders International
formerly known as the Valley Forge Rug Braiding Guild
​​​​​​Feb 2026
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7 Saturday, 1p EST, General Guild Meeting over Zoom. General Guild Business, a review of upcoming programs and upcoming classes. Demo: Photographing your rug with an iPhone, and how to adjust picture size, color, brightness... Yvonne Iten-Scott & Christine Manges
8 Sunday, 4p EST, Braid Help. Get rug braiding questions answered, problems solved, share your work, and see what everyone else is working on! ​
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15 Sunday, 4p EST, Teacher Forum. All teachers and future teachers of rug braiding, whether in-person or online, and braiding demonstrators, are welcome. Topic for this month: Using “Word” to make handouts: lots of tips.
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21 or 28 Saturday, 1p EST, Speaker Series: Speaker Series, "The Lincoln Boyhood Memorial Rug" with Christine Manges. Hear about the history of this 21+ feet diameter braided rug in the Sally Hanks Lincoln building in Indiana, at the Lincoln Boyhood Memorial National Park... a fascinating tale involving a state mental hospital, US Army blankets, 4-strand braids, and its replacement by Country Braid House 75 years after its orginal creation!
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22 Sunday, 4p EST, Braid Help. Get rug braiding questions answered, problems solved, share your work, and see what everyone else is working on!
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Feb 26 - Mar 1 Pam Rowan's Maine Braid Conference.
​​​​​​Mar 2026
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1 Sunday, 4p EST, Braid Help. Get rug braiding questions answered, problems solved, share your work, and see what everyone else is working on!
7 Saturday, 1p EST, General Guild Meeting over Zoom. General Guild Business, a review of upcoming programs and upcoming classes. Demo: Braided Easter Egg with Pam Rowan.
8 ​ Sunday, 4p EST, Teacher Forum. All teachers and future teachers of rug braiding, whether in-person or online, and braiding demonstrators, are welcome. Topic for this month: Drawing Braid Diagrams and inserting them into handouts.
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21 Saturday, 1p EST, Speaker Series: TBA.
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22 Sunday, 4p EST, Braid Help. Get rug braiding questions answered, problems solved, share your work, and see what everyone else is working on!
​​​​​Apr 2026
7 Saturday, 1p EST, General Guild Meeting over Zoom. General Guild Business, a review of upcoming programs and upcoming classes. Demo: Braided Easter Egg with Pam Rowan.
12 Sunday, 4p EST, Braid Help. Get rug braiding questions answered, problems solved, share your work, and see what everyone else is working on!
19 ​ Sunday, 4p EST, Teacher Forum. All teachers and future teachers of rug braiding, whether in-person or online, and braiding demonstrators, are welcome. Topic for this month: Zoom controls for Teachers.
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21 Saturday, 1p EST, Speaker Series: Braiding with Roving with Pam Rowan.
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26 Sunday, 4p EST, Braid Help. Get rug braiding questions answered, problems solved, share your work, and see what everyone else is working on!
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Apr 30 - May 3, 2026 RBI Braid Conference at Seabeck Conference Center, Washington State
​​​​​May 2026
9 Saturday, 1p EST, General Guild Meeting over Zoom. General Guild Business, a review of upcoming programs and upcoming classes. Demo: Calculating Fabric Amounts for Rugs with Christine Manges.
17 Sunday, 4p EST, Braid Help. Get rug braiding questions answered, problems solved, share your work, and see what everyone else is working on!
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16 Saturday, 1p EST, Speaker Series: The Magnificent Multistrand Rugs of Maxine Ward. Neta Wilson, a student of Maxine's, will tell stories about Maxine while we see a slide show of her rugs and tools.
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24 ​ Sunday, 4p EST, Teacher Forum. All teachers and future teachers of rug braiding, whether in-person or online, and braiding demonstrators, are welcome. Topic for this month: Recording and Uploading Class Videos.​
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31 Sunday, 4p EST, Braid Help. Get rug braiding questions answered, problems solved, share your work, and see what everyone else is working on!
​​​​​Jun 2026
6 Saturday, 1p EST, General Guild Meeting over Zoom. General Guild Business, a review of upcoming programs and upcoming classes. Demo: Baby Turtle with Pam Rowan.
14 Sunday, 4p EST, Braid Help. Get rug braiding questions answered, problems solved, share your work, and see what everyone else is working on!
21 ​ Sunday, 4p EST, Teacher Forum. All teachers and future teachers of rug braiding, whether in-person or online, and braiding demonstrators, are welcome. Topic for this month: Teaching a chair pad class: which skills each week.
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13 or 27 Saturday, 1p EST, Speaker Series: Cindy French on her Etsy business of custom rugs
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28 Sunday, 4p EST, Braid Help. Get rug braiding questions answered, problems solved, share your work, and see what everyone else is working on!
Upcoming Braid Conference Dates:​
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2026: Maine Braids Conference run by Pam Rowan, Feb 26 - Mar 1, 2026.
​2026: RBI Leadership Conference: March 12-15, 2026, Oneida, NY. Open to leaders and volunteer staff of the RBI guild.
2026: Keystone Braiders Conference, Apr 10-12, Elverson PA. MORE INFO​
2026: Rug Braiders International Conference: Apr 30 - May 3, 2026. Seabeck Conference Center, in Seabeck, Washington State. https://www.seabeck.org/ MORE INFO
2026: New England Braids Conference: October 9-11, 2026, Methuen, MA. Contact Carol Broadbent for more information. carolbraids@gmail.com
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Rug Challenges:
2026: Mixed Media Braided Garden
2027: Fine Art Inspiration
2028: Mythical Beasts / Magical Creatures
Rug Braiders International encourages and is happy to publicize all gatherings that include rug braiding. However, our insurance company requires us to post that ONLY the events that are sponsored by Rug Braiders International and approved by the Executive Board are covered under our liability insurance.