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April 2020
Webinar – Domino Design: Working Creatively with Fabrication and Styles
Webinar - Domino Design: Working Creatively with Fabrication and Styles Domino Design is an approach to clothing design whereby fabric and pattern design are used in a manner that allows you to build garments that mix and match. Learn the basics of this approach as well as how to design coordinates. For knitting, sewing, or combinations. Garment Designer will be used to demonstrate the different ways of planning pieced garments, design process for proportions, coordinates, etc. The information is…
Find out more »Webinar- Garment Designer: Step-by-Step Knittings
Garment Designer: Step-by-Step Knitting Tuesday, April 14th, 10 a.m. Pacific Time Get started making knit patterns in Garment Designer! In this webinar Susan will show you how to use Garment Designer to design a knit project. This webinar will help you master the Shaping Instructions, generate shaping charts for regular, top-down, bottom-up, sideways and diagonal knitting. You will learn tips and tweaks to make your next knitting project a breeze. Webinars are 60 to 70 minute classes. They include: A handout…
Find out more »Webinar – How Body Measurements Affect Your Pattern – NEW!!
How Body Measurements Affect Your Pattern – NEW!! Saturday, April 18th, 10 a.m. Pacific Time A little knowledge up front goes a long way to fit and great looking clothing. In this lecture/demonstration, you will learn how to take meaningful and accurate body measurements. Then, we will take it one step further to discuss which parts of a pattern (whether knit or sewn) are impacted by proper and improper measurements. You will gain a greater understanding of why some patterns…
Find out more »Pants, Pants – Measuring and Working Towards a Better Fit – UPDATED
Pants, Pants – Measuring and Working Towards a Better Fit - UPDATED Friday, April 24th, 10 a.m. Pacific Time If fitting pants is your challenge; this webinar will help you learn how to measure your favorite pants, and your body to assist you in creating a better pattern and pants that fit. Then, learn how to use the right sequence in Garment Designer to build the pattern you need. Learn what pattern changes address different fit problems in pants. Let’s…
Find out more »Webinar – Smarty Pants- Patterning Atypical Pants with Garment Designer
Webinar - Smarty Pants- Patterning Atypical Pants with Garment Designer Saturday, April 25th, 4 p.m. Pacific Time In this Webinar Susan will show you how to think outside of the box while patterning non-traditional pants in Garment Designer. Learn new and creative ways to achieve funky styles when patterning in Garment Designer with Professor of Fashion Design and owner of Cochenille Design Studio, Susan Lazear, as your guide. Leggings without side seams, bohemian style-pants and other atypical bottom variations will be…
Find out more »June 2020
Convergence 2020
Handweavers Guild of America - Convergence 2020 Cochenille Design Studio will be vending and hosting classes at Convergence 2020 Save the Date! This international fiber art experience will take place in Knoxville, Tennessee July 24 - 27, 2020. Susan Lazear, owner of Cochenille Design Studio, will be teaching, "Prototyping Garments and Measurements and Patterns" Please check back to this page, more information about Convergence® Knoxville 2020 and our classes will be available in the future. From the convergence website: First-time…
Find out more »July 2020
American Sewing Guild Conference
2020 American Sewing Guild National Conference, San Antonio, TX Join Cochenille Design Studio at the ASG National Conference. Susan will be teaching an assortment of classes and will also have a booth at the show.
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