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.
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.
This class is lecture format with on-camera demos, but students are welcome to try it themselves with basic sewing supplies.
The workshop will cover:
-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!
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
CLASS COST:
$35 (US)
Chantal Filson
1886 / Costume On
Chantal is a chihuahua parent, professional costume designer and the Founder/Dean of Costume On.
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.
Her first garment was a pair of shorts made out of a towel, and they were absolutely terrible.