Sep 14, 2023

Episode list (1–17)

PhillyCAM will be airing our seventeenth episode on Wednesday mornings in October and November.

Creating Fashion with Laurel so far:

2020
  1. Fabric Masks
  2. Scarves and Hand-sewn Masks
  3. The Invisible Zipper
  4. Right-lapped Fly Zipper
  5. Correcting Home Sewing Patterns
  6. Correcting Sleeve Cap Notches
2021
  1. Correcting Collar Patterns
  2. Sewing a Convertible Collar
  3. Inserting Bust Darting
  4. PhillyCAM Anniversary Block Party
2022
  1. Preparing to Fabric Shop
  2. Shopping for Fabric in Philadelphia*
  3. Sewing Machine Tips
    (AKA: Laurel discusses sewing machines with a specialist)
  4. More Sewing Machine Tips (Part 1 and Part 2)
2023
  1. Sewing Darts and Edging with Bias Binding
  2. Seven Lessons and a Story: Sewing on Guage, Fabric Jams in the Race, Sewing Machine Manuals, Why Knots & Sewing Hooks, Sewing on Men's Buttons, Sewing on Women's Buttons, For the Quilters, and Aunt Hetty's Golden Thimble*
  3. Tight Cutting
Plus two new shorts: Pattern Paper and Drafting Tools and Tips


*I'm particularly proud of Episode 12 and the Aunt Hetty short in Episode 16. The short was well received at the Route 22 Filmworks Film Festival (see this post).

Missing links: We've removed the videos with mask-making in them from YouTube. They were looking a little dated. But Episode 1 is still on our PhillyCAM page, right over here.