Open Up with Jennifer Wiese
Seamwork Radio: Sewing and Creativity
Colette Media
4.9 • 830 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2016
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Jennifer Wiese had a dream. The founder of Brooklyn sewing studio Workroom Social wanted to create a weekend-long sewing event that brought a spirit of play and fun to sewing. In 2015, she hosted Camp Workroom Social, an overnight sewing camp for adults. She talks about why being present and open to imperfection is always better than fretting over mistakes – in sewing and in life.
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| 0:00.0 | I always say to people, you know, if no one else will be your friend, I will be your friend. |
| 0:11.0 | From Seamwork Magazine, I'm Sary Mittnick, and welcome to Season 2 of Seamwork Radio. |
| 0:16.1 | On this show, we hear stories from people who love to sew. |
| 0:26.0 | Okay. show we hear stories from people who love to sew. Meeting new people can be stressful for some of us. |
| 0:29.3 | I think this is especially true in large group situations. |
| 0:32.8 | I mean, just think about entering a party or an event or even a class by yourself. |
| 0:40.3 | You're coming into this really uncertain situation. You're not sure who to talk to or what to say or what people are going to think about you. |
| 0:45.3 | Jennifer Weiss says all that is understandable, but there's a trick to overcoming that awkwardness. |
| 0:51.3 | It's all about setting an intention of being open and accepting, |
| 0:56.0 | but not just of others, yourself too. Jennifer's the businesswoman behind workroom social, |
| 1:02.8 | a sewing studio in Brooklyn, New York. If you've seen Jennifer around online, you probably |
| 1:07.5 | recognize her big, enthusiastic smile. It's a smile that permeates her personality. |
| 1:13.7 | You'll be able to hear it in her voice when she talks. Last year, Jennifer started a brand new |
| 1:19.2 | event called Camp Workroom Social, a weekend long event full of sewing classes and camp activities. |
| 1:25.8 | Running this big event just made her all the more convinced that |
| 1:28.8 | perfect is overrated and that you can make yourself and others a lot more comfortable if you're |
| 1:33.3 | okay with that. Jennifer first learned to sew when she was in high school. If you think back to |
| 1:39.5 | when you first learned to sew, you probably had to come to terms with the idea of things not being perfect. |
| 1:45.6 | When I was in high school, a friend of mine's mother, she sewed, and she made my |
| 1:55.2 | homecoming dress for me one year. And I think we went to like Joanne's and picked out fabric together. Maybe I just bought it |
| 2:03.9 | with a pattern, like I found a pattern I liked and I found a fabric that I liked and I gave it to her. |
| 2:09.2 | And she had, oh God, I hope no one listens to this and I'm going to get it wrong. She had like |
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