Category: Inspiration

Garment Designer Top: African Influence

Posted on 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
Upcycle Project

Up-Cycling and Creativity with Fashion and Garment Designer

Posted on 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

Have a Crafty Halloween!

Posted on by Stephanie
  Cochenille would like to wish everyone a Happy Halloween! We hope that you were able to use our software to create some spooktacular projects! If you would like to share any of your Halloween projects that you made using our software,...Read More

Have Happy 4th of July! Free Captain America Shield Gridded Design

Posted on by Stephanie
We at Cochenille Design Studio hope that everyone is enjoying their 4th of July! Please feel free ;) to download the Captain America Shield Cross-Stitch Pattern made using Cochenille Design Studio's Stitch Painter software with the FCI Plug-in. .PDF files...Read More

Anything but Goring: Using the Gored Skirt Style in Garment Designer

Posted on by Stephanie
All the flowers are blooming and the sun is shining outside in sunny San Diego today and I cannot seem to stop wearing winter colors. Time to put a spring in my step and make something bright and summery! After...Read More