COSTUME ON
Precision
Tips & Tricks
perfection is in the details
Online Workshop with Live Teacher
August 17, 2025
Instructor
Chantal Filson
​Join us for another installment of the Precision series, master classes that focus on custom elements for tailored results.
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Work smarter!
Learn simple techniques to get perfect results every time. The class will focus on period projects, but the methods can be applied to clothing of all eras.
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This class is lecture format with on-camera demos, but students are welcome to try it themselves with basic sewing supplies.
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The workshop will cover:
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-Quick & easy perfect darts every time (including asymmetrical)
-Piping tricks (curves, corners, points)
-Sharp points & perfect curves with velvet piping
-Painless pattern matching (both repeating pattern & not)
-Gathered blouses that fit & flatter (no shifting or sloppy pouf)
-Several methods for using & protecting fancy/antique buttons
(period methods & garment cleaning)
-Creating dagged edges with perfect points
-Tips for sewing corsets
-Creating facings for shaped bodice & skirt hems
-A bit of thrift store magic
And more!
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AUGUST 17, 2025
SUNDAY
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM PACIFIC (LOS ANGELES)
12:30 - 4:30 PM CENTRAL (CHICAGO)
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EASTERN (NYC)
HALF-DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP
4 HOUR WORKSHOP
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CLASS COST:
$35 (US)
Chantal Filson
1886 / Costume On
Chantal is a chihuahua parent, professional costume designer and the Founder/Dean of Costume On.
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As a professional costume designer/seamstress/milliner she has designed and constructed clothing and costumes for every type of media and project, from space suits for film to 19th century replicas for a museum. She has taught for Costume College, Costume On, Costumers Guild West, Grant Larson Productions, Genesee Country Village & Museum and others.
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Her first garment was a pair of shorts made out of a towel, and they were absolutely terrible.
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