Garment Designer Top: African Influence

Posted on March 17, 2020April 30, 2020 by Susan Lazear

Recently, I oversaw a project at Mesa College in San Diego, which involved a partnership between our Fashion students, the Mesa African Art collection, and Visions Art Museum in San Diego Liberty Station. There were several aspects to the project,...Read More

The Pinch Test: Understanding Ease in Clothing

Posted on February 4, 2020February 2, 2021 by Susan Lazear

The Pinch Test: The Key to Understanding Fit in Clothing By Susan Lazear Sometimes the simplest things in life are the ones we don’t easily see. I would say this is true with sewers and knitters, and crocheters when it...Read More

Up-Cycling and Creativity with Fashion and Garment Designer

Posted on January 30, 2020April 30, 2020 by Susan Lazear

Up-Cycling: From Sweatshirts to Fashion - Getting Sustainable As we all know, the movement for a sustainable world plays a growing importance in our day to day life. As a result, I’m becoming more aware of what I keep, and...Read More

Oh My Stars, A Free Garment Designer Pattern!

Posted on July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 by Stephanie

Designing a Star on Garment Designer Cochenille has many crafters using the Garment Designer program, so I thought I'd share a quick look at my craft project. Since we have a webinar later this month about Working with the Extras...Read More

Garment Designer: Copying Pattern Dimensions from Pinterest

Posted on April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 by Stephanie

Garment Designer: Copying Pattern Dimensions from Pinterest Hello All! Today we wanted to explore how one can use dimensions to copy a pattern. For the video we used a reference photo from Pinterest, but you can use the same process...Read More