Let's Make a Top (with Garment Designer) Design and Sewing Techniques Tuesday, March 15th, 2022 1 pm  PT Web-156 https://shop.cochenille.com/collections/webinars-online/products/lets-make-a-top-design-and-sewing-techniques Let’s Make a Top will walk you through the process of creating various styles of tops with Garment Designer. It will cover design considerations, fabric choice, appropriate styles in Garment Designer, the sequence of steps in building a top. A variety of styles, neckline, armhole/sleeve and hem treatments will be shown. Design and construction tips will be included as well…

Pants, Pants: Measuring and Working Towards a Better Fit Monday, March 21st , 11 am PT Web-102A https://shop.cochenille.com/collections/webinars-online/products/webinar-pants-a-better-fit If fitting pants is your challenge, this webinar will help you learn how to measure your body, and your favorite pants to assist you in creating a pattern, muslin, and ultimately, pants that fit. Analyze your figure and your fit-challenges to define the problems you face. Then, learn how to use the right sequence of steps in Garment Designer to build the…

Let's Make Childrenswear with (Garment Designer). ** NEW Thursday, March 31st, 1 pm PT Web-160 https://shop.cochenille.com/collections/webinars-online/products/webinar-lets-make-childrenswear-with-garment-designer We all have a small one in our lives, who it would be a pleasure to create garments for. So, let's take a look at the process of designing clothing for children. Whether you intend to sew or knit, the design process is generally the same. Let's explore garment styles and inspirations currently favored by  childrenswear brands and take into account a bit of functionality…

Top Plus Bottom Mode in Garment Designer Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 11 am PT Web-142 https://shop.cochenille.com/collections/webinars-online/products/webinar-working-with-top-bottom-mode-in-garment-designer Garment Designer allows you to design Tops and Bottoms in the same file. This allows you to design with proper proportions between jackets and skirts, pants and tops, etc. It also lets you build two-piece outfits such as empire-waist styles, jackets and skirts, pants/tops, and more. Learn how using this mode can help you design garments you never thought possible in the program.

Pants Workshop – Working with Fit Issues Thursday, April 14, 2022 11 am  PT Web-102B https://shop.cochenille.com/collections/webinars-online/products/pant-fit-workshop This webinar focuses on recognizing pant fit issues, and how to solve them with pattern making. Learn how to read the wrinkles or stress folds, and what to do to correct them. After we have viewed the various pattern alterations, we will have Fit Expert Lorraine Henry join us. For those who have taken the Pants, Pants – Measuring and Working Towards a Better…

Free Garment Designer Demo on Zoom Friday, April 15th, 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.  Pacific Time Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88955862994?pwd=UGpReTVUVGxIS0RTZjM3Umkrc1AvZz09   Meeting ID: 889 5586 2994 Passcode: 154964 One tap mobile +16699006833,,88955862994#,,,,*154964# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,88955862994#,,,,*154964# US (Tacoma)   Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799…

Walking Tour of Garment Designer Monday, April 18, 2022, 11 am PT Web-128 https://shop.cochenille.com/collections/webinars-online/products/webinar-walking-tour-of-garment-designer Take a tour of Garment Designer with Susan Lazear as your tour guide! Susan will show you Garment Designer’s main attractions as well as help you discover destinations you may not have known existed. This tour will help seasoned travelers and new tourists explore Cochenille’s pattern making software. So join us as we walk through functions and menus of Garment Designer and share additional tips, short-cuts,…

Let's Make a Dress with (Garment Designer) Thursday, April 28, 2022, 1 pm PT Web-157 https://shop.cochenille.com/collections/webinars-online/products/webinar-lets-make-a-dress-with-garment-designer Let’s Make a Dress will cover the development of a variety of dress styles ranging from the classic shirtwaist to an A-line dress, to dresses with yokes, and an assortment of summer styles.  Topics include design considerations, fabric choice, appropriate styles in Garment Designer, and the sequence of steps in building sleeved and sleeveless dresses. Darts and fit options will be included as will…