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June 2021
Stitches at Home Class: Using World Costume as a Source of Influence for Clothing Design
With Susan Lazear Friday, June 11, 4:00 pm-6:00 pm CDT Use world costume as a source of inspiration for planning your own garment patterns. This approach works for knit, sewn, crochet, and hand-woven fabrics. Class sessions will be recorded and remain accessible online to registered students of the class for 7 days following the event. Info and to register: https://stitches.events/shop/classes/stitches-expo-at-home-home-june-2021/new-to-expo-at-home/using-world-costume-as-a-source-of-influence-for-clothing-design/ Description Traditional ethnic costume often inspires designers as they create their fashion clothing lines. The shapes are generally simple and…
Find out more »July 2021
Jazz it Up: Creative Use of Garment Details
Tuesday, July 13th, 2021, 11 am PT Web-144 More Info Learn how to take a basic garment and turn it into something unique through the use of creative pockets, collars, and other additions to a garment. This webinar will inspire you with images of fashionable ideas that can easily be created with Garment Designer. Take an existing pattern and jazz it up! There will be lots of demonstration of pattern work in the software to help you advance your skills.
Find out more »Webinar: Armhole-Sleeve Relationship
Saturday, July 17th, 2021 1 pm PT Web-112. More Info If you alter/fit patterns, or want to draft them ‘from scratch’, Susan will teach you the basics of armhole and sleeve combinations. Understand how changes made to the armhole affect the sleeve and enjoy learning how to draft/create a multitude of sleeve styles. Garment Designer will be used to demonstrate examples.
Find out more »Webinar: Understanding Fit Preferences
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 1 pm PT Web-138 More Info Learn techniques and measurements that will help you to understand how you like your clothing to fit. There is magic to the knowledge in that it will guide you to creating clothing (sewn/knit/otherwise) that you are comfortable wearing. No more surprises. Whether you are creating your own patterns with Garment Designer, drafting by hand, or are altering commercial patterns, knowing your fit preferences will help you make wise decisions. Handouts…
Find out more »Webinar: Designing Fabrics for Digital Printing
Saturday, July 24th 2021, 11 am PT Web-125. More Info In this webinar, Susan will demonstrate and discuss the steps of creating your own fabric designs using paint or similar software programs. She will then show you the steps of uploading a design to Spoonflower (a company in North Carolina) that digitally prints fabric. There are a variety of software programs you can use including from Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Illustrator, Gimp, and various apps for your handheld devices. These will…
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