No, our t-shirt only option is suitable if you have no sewing experience. You do need sewing experience for making trousers.

We’re aiming for between 6 and 20 sewing participants. We may have more than that in our group due to non-sewing friends and family joining.

Absolutely - we have non-sewing options, and a meet and greet for those traveling with sewists.

Unlike other sewing cruises, we make it much more affordable to bring your friends, family, or significant other who doesn’t sew. It’s the same price as the sewists less $1000.

Absolutely. We’d love to have some young aspiring sewists join in. Anyone underage must be accompanied by a legal guardian in the sewing room, so it’s best if they travel with a fellow sewist.

Absolutely. While t-shirts and trousers are the focus, feel free to bring any other projects you want. Our instructors are skilled at helping students with a wide variety of projects and sewing techniques.

Absolutely. While wool is like a miracle fabric to most, some are allergic to the lanonin, making the garments not so great. Let us know if this is you and we’ll definitely accommodate by providing other natural high quality fabrics like bamboo or linen.

Yes. While most of the participants will focus on making garments, you’re welcome to make anything you would like. Be sure to bring the necessary materials & notions as our room may not have anything set up particularly for quilting.

Jam Jenkins will be teaching the lessons along with another instructor if we get more than 8 attending.

If you do want to bring your own machine, please do and we’ll also give you $200 off. We’ll soon post the process for making sure you can bring your sewing machine on board. The quick summary is that you’ll need to take it to the conference room and leave it there for the duration of the cruise since sewing machines are not generally allowed onboard.

We’ll be providing Baby Lock sergers and cover stitch machines. We’re tentatively working with Poppy Quilt N Sew of Georgetown, TX and Babylock to provide additional machines.

No. Cruise lines are very strict on irons. You may only use the approved iron provided in the sewing room.

No. Everyone is encourages to enjoy the port. That said, you’re more than welcome to use the sewing room on port days as much as you’d like from 3-7pm.

No. We get a special group rate and privileges based on our group. You group rate includes the cost of instruction, supplies and other organization required to run this cruise.

We’ll have reserved tables at 7:30pm in the main dining room. We’ll also coordinate our breakfasts and lunch times to go as a group. Joining the group for meals is always optional.

Your non-sewing friends and family are always welcome to join us at meals if there’s space. There’s almost always space at breakfast and lunch. For dinner, you’ll let us know when you register if you’d like to reserve space at our group table for your friends/family.

No, but it is transferrable. If you can’t make it, you can transfer the deposit to another person.

We have to plan the trip well in advance, so it’s not possible to make changes in how many are attending. We can make some minor adjustments in the chosen track?

Since the t-shirts and trousers require different machines & fabrics, it’s challenging for the organizers to make these changes. While we cannot guarantee that changes will be made, we’ll do our best to accommodate them where possible. Please give us the most advanced notice you can for the best chance at being able to change tracks.

Cruise lines are generally very accommodating. When you sign up, we’ll help you work with the cruise lines to make sure they have what you need.

Yes. Sometimes registered guests need to cancel. We’ll open up these spots for people on the waitlist.

We know people don’t come in standard sizes. This is why we draft patterns to your measurements instead of adapting standard sizes to a non-standard body. Our instructors will work with you on any fit issues you may experience, and we draft patterns that are designed to adapt to changing body sizes.

We won’t be scheduling any lessons during show times. Keep in mind that all activities related to sewing are optional, so feel free to take advantage of all the ship and this sewing group has to offer as you see fit.

As we have a 7:30pm dining time, you can typically make the 9:00pm and later shows, or skip our group dinner and see the early show.

We’ll have Baby Lock sergers and cover stitch machines available for making t-shirts. For the trousers we’ll supply straight stitch machines or you can bring your own for $200 off. We’re still working with sponsors on the specific make/model of machines, so we’ll be able to tell more later.

Sergers and cover stitch machines will be shared. Depending on the track, number of participants and sponsorships we may share some straight stitch machines.

Yes. You’ll need to make sure to bring all of the notions needed such as rivets, snaps and metal zippers.

Sewing leather typically does better on specialized sewing machines. If you plan on making leather trousers or other apparel, you may want to bring your own machine.

Absolutely. Wool t-shirts are the best. In fact, you’ll be getting 3 yards of wool jersey from our sponsor Nature’s Fabrics.

No, we use a specially designed curve collar so you can use the same jersey as your t-shirt material.

It’s recommended, but not required.

We’ll provide detailed instructions upon registration.

Absolutely - you have the most new friends to make. We’re a friendly and inclusive bunch, and we’d love to meet you and make sure you feel welcome.

Absolutely. All of our patterns are designed for all genders and are drafted to your own measurements. This is part of the reason we’re doing trousers and t-shirts because people of all genders wear them.

Absolutely. All of our patterns are designed for all genders and are drafted to your own measurements. This is part of the reason we’re doing trousers and t-shirts because people of all genders wear them.

We’d love for people of all ages to join us. There’s certainly no age limit. We appreciate the vigor and energy of youth, the experience and wisdom of age, and everything in between.

If the cruise line cancels the sailing, we’ll refund 100% of any deposited amount.

We need at least 12 participants for the cruise to make. In the event fewer than 12 register, we will cancel the cruise no later than 3 months prior to sailing and refund 100% of any deposited amount. We’ll let you know as soon as we reach our minimum. Please do not reserve plane tickets or make non-refundable reservations until you receive confirmation that the cruise has met the minimum number of participants.

Jam Jenkins is organizing the cruise along with his lovely assistant Anastasia Samudia on behalf of Bespoke Jam LLC.

We certainly hope to run this cruise at least once a year. Please tell your friends about it - the more people we have attending, the more frequently we can run the cruise. We intend to always keep the cruise small and personal, so we may even add more sailings within a year if demand is high enough.

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Yes we do. We’re looking for sponsorships of products, services, sewing machines and publicizing the event. Please check out our Sponsorship Opportunities page.

Not on this cruise. We’ll have passionate and skilled sewing instructors and a friendly crowd.

If you’re looking for a cruise with some sewing celebrities, consider the Claire Tyler New York to Southampton cruise in July starting at around $7K USD and featuring a talk from Kenneth King.

Trousers are notoriously difficult to fit. Until you have worn a pair or custom drafted trousers, you’re likely putting up with a poor fit in some area. We’re covering trousers on the cruise because sewists often need help with fitting them, settle for adapting standard sizing, or just give up entirely on making them. On this cruise we want you to leave not only with a newly sewn pair of trousers, but also with the pattern and skills to replace all of your existing trousers with new and improved versions.

T-shirts are a staple clothing item that many sewists either haven’t made or haven’t been happy with the results. Sewing a well finished t-shirt also requires specialized machines such as the serger and coverstitch machine. We’ll provide these on the cruise so you can see what it’s like to make a t-shirt with the proper machines.

We also cover t-shirts because they’re beginner friendly. People with no sewing experience can make great looking t-shirts that they are proud to wear.

Instruction is entirely optional. If our current tracks don't challenge your skill level, you are more than welcome to bring your own project to work on in the sewing room.

Tailored at Sea was built around garment sewing, but it is really about stepping away from routines, sharing knowledge, and enjoying the camaraderie of a sewing community at sea.

Yes, we are providing Baby Lock sergers and cover stitch machines for working on t-shirts and knit projects.

We’re working with Poppy Quilt N Sew in Georgetown, TX and Baby Lock to provide additional machines.

We’re still waiting to finalize the schedule of classes until we know the backgrounds of all attendees. At a high level we’ll be teaching and demonstrating techniques for making t-shirts and trousers. This will include:

1. Making a custom designed pattern fit to the person’s measurements.

2. Demonstrating t-shirt construction techniques such as attaching the collar, using cover stitches to flatten seams, and hemming.

3. Demonstrating trouser construction techniques such as making a fly, welt pockets, slant pockets, waistbands and hemming options.