Secrets of a Bridal Seamstress 2026 Winter Retreat

A Future by Her Design

March 10th-12th, 2026

Our SBS crew is headed to Nashville, TN, to build strong foundations for our 2026 season!

With the future in mind, the our featured sessions will strengthen your business and sewing skills, to move forward in your dreams with confidence.

Each session has been planned based on your feedback and requests!

Here’s what we can look forward to learning together…

  • Short and long-term financial planning for seasonal savings and retirement

  • Using AI and the future of technology to make our marketing easier and smarter

  • Strengthening our sewing skills to accommodate the anticipated increase of rapid weight loss for weddings

Meet our Wednesday keynote, Tricia Camacho

Founder of The Pattern Place, Creative Costume Academy, and the newly launched Pattern Con, Tricia is a master at fitting a garment, adapting slopers and patterns, and drafting custom patterns with confidence!

Tricia brings FUN and a little bit of whimsy to our art, and I really can’t wait for you to meet her.

Check out what we’ll be PACKING into our first full day together:

  • How to Fit a Gown: a refresher course

  • Reconstructing with Integrity: how to resize a gown without sacrificing the original design

  • Patterning with Confidence: where to begin?

Madelyn helps service providers like us SBS gals attract ideal clients and turn them into our biggest cheerleaders.

Madelyn is bringing the data, the trends, and most importantly- the skills we need to market our businesses with a lot less stress and a lot more fun and playfulness.

I can personally attest to the power of Madelyn’s strategies, and I cannot wait for you to soak up every trick she has to offer!

Here are the sessions that will make us TECHIE QUEENS! (ok maybe that’s a stretch. But I know we do need all the help we can get.)

  • Authenticity, Automated: how to use AI for simpler marketing

  • Tools for Today: what’s available in 2026 to make our business back end run smoothly

Meet our first Thursday keynote, Madelyn Furlong

Please submit the form below to apply for the upcoming Nashville Winter Retreat.

Your invoice will be emailed within 48 hours of submission, until our retreat reaches capacity.

Please fill out the form below to receive an invoice. Once your invoice is paid, your retreat space will be reserved!