Hipstitch Academy

Megan Avery, your instructor and owner of Hipstitch Academy has been cultivating sewing community, as well as teaching and encouraging people to make their own clothing for over 20 years. Her sewing school, once located in Hoboken, NJ, now resides here in the Catskills in Harpersfield NY. Megan teaches multiple weekly sewing classes at her studio, as well as at many local spots in the area.Megan's creative vision is to help people embrace alternatives to fast fashion by teaching people to sew, encourage thrifting, mending & altering clothes,. She designs and produces alternative fashions & goodies made from items that already exist in the world. She also has a thriving mending/alterations/custom sewing business with pick ups and drop offs at her studio, as well as the year round Delhi Farmers Market.Hipstitch Academy is an in-person & online sewing studio. This means you can take our sewing classes from anywhere in the world. Our live instruction Online Sewing Classes and Lessons for Kids & Adults are taught by real people using live video instruction on zoom. Our In-Person Sewing Classes & Retreats are taught at our Catskills Sewing Studio located in the Catskills of New York State.If you have any questions or need help, please don’t hesitate to reach out! xo, Megan