Workroom Social

10/24/2025

Thank you to our amazing team this year! The best camp counselors in all the land. ❤️

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10/22/2025

Thank you to this giant crew for helping me celebrate our 10th Fall Camp Workroom Social! We had the best time learning, sewing, crafting, walking Frost Valley's Haunted Trails, challenging ourselves in all sorts of ways, and making new friends. Camp is so special because of the kindness, generosity, and enthusiasm that these folks share with all of us. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

07/11/2025

Sleepaway sewing camp just for grownups? Yes, it's a thing, and registration opens on July 24!

Camp Workroom Social is this October 17–20 in New York state's Catskill Mountains. Camp is an all-inclusive event, and a sewing experience like no other.

This year we're celebrating our 10th Fall Camp, and I think it's going to be an extra magical weekend. Even though it's actually our 14th in-person retreat and our 11th year, this Camp feels like a major milestone for me, and I hope you'll join me there!

Registration for Camp is by random lottery. If you'd like join our registration lottery or learn more about Camp Workroom Social, click the link in bio.

01/08/2025

Registration for Camp Workroom Social Wardrobe Week opens next week on January 15! Our spring event is April 23–27 in New York state’s Catskill Mountains.

Registration is by random lottery. To sign up for the lottery, visit the link in bio.

For details about Camp Workroom Social, visit campworkroomsocial.com.

Camp Workroom Social Wardrobe Week is a 5-day/4-night sewing retreat where campers work side-by-side in small groups, creating a warm and collaborative environment that encourages campers to build connections with each other. Campers work on their own projects at their own pace and at different stages of construction. Each small group also works with a dedicated sewing instructor who is matched with campers based on their desired outcomes and goals.

12/30/2024

Registration is now open for Garment Sewing Fundamentals 101 with ! 🌟

Our virtual sewing retreat will help you develop a strong foundation in garment sewing, which will help you make a lifetime's worth of well-made clothing. GSF 101 is perfect for those new to garment sewing, as well as active sewists who've never built a cohesive and comprehensive base of skills.

Join us this January to learn all the things you don't realize you don't know!

Join my mailing list or visit http://workroomsocial.com/gsf101 for details. We're excited to see you there!

10/22/2024

07/25/2024

Camp Workroom Social is now sold out for this fall. If you're interested in joining us in October, you can join the wait list by filling out the form linked in my bio.

Camp Workroom Social is just one aspect of my work to create supportive, non-competitive, welcoming, educational, and joyful experiences for sewists. Year-round I host weekly virtual events in my online community called Social Sewists. Consider joining us at http://socialsewists.com.

Here’s what we're getting up to this summer.

🐝 Live Sewing Bee: Our members compete live in a virtual mystery sewing challenge! For those who don't want to compete, everyone's welcome to attend our showcase event on August 3 to see the projects created.

🪡 Community Sewing Sessions: Each month we work on our projects together on Zoom.

☀️ Caftan Sewing Challenge: Members could choose their own caftan pattern or follow our on-demand video sew along for the Charlie Caftan.

🏅 Show-and-Tell Celebration: On July 31 we'll feature all our members' caftan creations in this inspiration-filled event.

🌆 In-Person Meetup: We visited the Statement Sleeves exhibition at the Museum at FIT in NYC.

👩🏻‍💻 Coworking and Open Sew Events: We had 6 virtual and in-person sessions at Workroom Social, and we hope to host more of these throughout the year.

🚨 Office Hours: Members can schedule personalized sewing and fitting help as needed.

💐 Skillshare Workshop: We learned to make fabric boutonnières from scraps thanks to one of our members. All members are invited to host skillshares, and I work with everyone to support their workshops.

07/17/2024

Hi! I'm Jennifer, your resident adult sleepaway sewing camp director, and I'm excited to announce that registration for Camp Workroom Social opens next week.

Camp Workroom Social is this October 18–21 in New York state's Catskill Mountains. Camp is an all-inclusive event, and registration even includes shuttle bus transportation to and from NYC.

For details about Camp Workroom Social, visit http://campworkroomsocial.com.

Registration for Camp is by random lottery. If you'd like join our registration lottery, click the link in bio.

05/28/2024

Patchwork and Quilting for Garment Sewing is a comprehensive virtual course taught in 2 sections. Students can enroll in the full course, or in the sections individually.

In Section 2: Sewing a Garment from Quilted Textiles, you’ll learn how to…

🔴 Cut and prepare your quilted textiles for garment construction.
🟡 Manage the bulk of quilted fabrics, and sew elements including darts, welt pockets, patch pockets, sleeves, and collars.
🟢 Finish your garment beautifully with custom binding and closures.

Our official class project (the project we'll use for instruction and demonstrations) is the Tamarack Jacket by (Bust 32–58”; Bust 81.2–147.3 cm).

Link in bio for all the details. Class starts Tuesday, June 4, and registration closes this Friday, May 31.

05/22/2024

Patchwork and Quilting for Garment Sewing is a comprehensive virtual course taught in 2 sections. Students can enroll in the full course, or in the sections individually.

In Section 1: Creating Patchwork and Quilted Textiles, you'll…

🔵 Learn to choose the right fabrics, battings, and backings for your quilted garment.
🟠 Explore basic color theory to design patchwork (using quilting patterns) in your personal style.
🟣 Learn essential patchwork and quilting techniques like piecing, matching corners, nesting seams, and quilting on your home sewing machine.
🟡 Make your own custom patchwork and quilted textiles!

Link in bio for all the details. Class starts Tuesday, June 4, and registration closes Friday, May 31.

05/21/2024

🌈 New sewing class alert!

For months now, and I have been building a new virtual course called Patchwork and Quilting for Garment Sewing, and I'm so excited to tell you all about it!

If you've ever wanted to…
🟡 design your own patchwork using quilting patterns,
🟣 make quilted textiles,
🟢 and sew a garment out of those quilted textiles,

we've got just the thing for you!

Patchwork and Quilting for Garment Sewing is a comprehensive virtual course taught in 2 sections. Students can enroll in the full course, or in the sections individually.

Link in bio for all the details. Class starts Tuesday, June 4, and registration closes Friday, May 31.

05/17/2024

Postcards from Camp Workroom Social Wardrobe Week. An energetic start to our live fashion show thanks to and .