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…

Thursday, May 5th, 2022 11am PT Web-135 Design your own knitwear or crochet projects! If you are a knitter (or if you crochet), you will want to use Garment Designer to its fullest. 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…

Fitting Points with Garment Designer Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 11 am  PT Web-146 This webinar will take you on a tour of the various ways you can achieve 'fit' in Garment Designer. We will explore the use of Darts (bodice and bottoms), Princess Lines, Contoured Styles, Dart Equivalents, and the use of Ease. In addition we will address some fitting issues such as rounded back, forward shoulders, non-symmetrical bodies, and approaches to dealing with them.    Buy Now     …

Smarty PantsTuesday, May 24th, 11 am PTWeb-136 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 stylish, unique, and even some funky styles when patterning in Garment Designer with Professor of Fashion and owner of Cochenille, Susan Lazear, as your guide. Leggings without side seams, two-panel pants, and other atypical bottom variations will be discussed.