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March 2024
Webinar: Working with Top/Bottom Mode in Garment Designer
Thursday, March 14th, 2024, 10 a.m. PT 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. If you sign up, please check your SPAM folder for the webinar…
Find out more »August 2024
Designalong: Three Part Design Workshop (online) Square Armhole Vest/Jacket
Square Armhole Vest/Jacket Project: Designalong with or without Garment Designer Mixed Fabric/Media Project For sewers, knitters, crocheters $75.00 DA-01 Wednesday, August 28th, 3:30 p.m. PT Wednesday, Sept. 4th, 5 p.m. PT Saturday, October 5th, 9 a.m. PT Attend live or watch the recordings Welcome to the first in a series of Designalongs with Cochenille. Want to push your creative skills to the next level? Why not step into a mixed media project by combining fabrics or fabrics with yarn? A…
Find out more »September 2024
Webinar Workshop: Around the Block: Creative Hand Pattern Making Techniques
Around the Block: Creative Hand Pattern Making Techniques Saturday, Sept. 7th, 2024 9 - 11:30 am PT. 2.5 hours WW-03 Learn some quick Pattern Making by hand skills. Exploring your way around a basic bodice, you will learn simple yet creative pattern making skills that will allow you to add interest to a garment. Step by Step Pattern Making Students will work with quarter-scale basic patterns and utilize several techniques to enhance that part of a garment. We will begin…
Find out more »October 2024
Designalong: Asian-Style Jacket
Asian Style Jacket: (a two-seam jacket) Designalong with or without Garment Designer Unique Jacket Pattern Design For sewers, knitters, crocheters $75.00 DA-02 Wednesday, October 30th, 2024. 9 a.m. PT Wednesday, November 6th, 2024 9 a.m. PT Wednesday, December 4th, 2024. 9 a.m. PT or, tbd with group Attend live or watch the recordings Cochenille Design Studio Designalong Welcome to the second in a series of Designalongs with Cochenille. This Designalong features the creation of a Jacket Pattern that is innovative…
Find out more »November 2024
Webinar: LagenLook – Layered Fashions: Design and Drafting
Monday, Nov. 4th, 2024. 9 a.m. Lagenlook fashion has gained popularity worldwide for its versatility, comfort, and practicality. For this webinar we will be exploring the Lagenlook and its use of unique styling and layering. This webinar will go over which style elements work best, and which are ideal for your body shape. Susan will demonstrate pattern building in Garment Designer, but one doesn’t need to own the software to gain knowledge. The asymmetric elements, varying hemlines and unique styles…
Find out more »Webinar:Designing Fabrics for Digital Printing
Designing Fabrics for Digital Printing Monday, November 18th, 2024 9 am PT Web-125 https://shop.cochenille.com/collections/webinars-online/products/webinar-designing-fabrics-for-digital-printing 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…
Find out more »March 2025
Designalong: Shawl Collar, March 11, 25, and April 22nd, 2025
Shawl Collar Design Designalong with or without Garment Designer Explore the Shawl Collar and the Design Process For sewers, knitters, crocheters $75.00 DA-03 Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 9 a.m. PT Tuesday, March 125, 2025, 9 a.m. PT Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 9 a.m. PT Attend live or watch the recordings Welcome to the third in a series of Designalongs with Cochenille. This Designalong features the creation of a Shawl Collar style. Shawl Collars are unique in that the…
Find out more »May 2025
Webinar: Unique Color Design with Stitch Painter
Wednesday, May 28th, 2025, 9 a.m. PT Web – 139 Click here to purchase Stitch Painter is a grid-design tool for any textile person who creates on a grid. Whether you are a knitter, weaver, crocheter, beader, needleworker, or other, you will want to see all the creative things you can do with the software. Susan will demonstrate a variety of techniques such as creating gradients, experimenting with color rotation, FAST design techniques, building sophisticated motifs/patterns. You will see a variety…
Find out more »July 2025
Webinar: The How and Why of Prototyping Your Ideas
Tuesday, July 8th, 2025 10 a.m. PT Web-154 Prototyping in 1/4 scale Garment Designer provides you with a creative tool to advance your design. In this webinar we want to share with you the various approaches you can take to test out your ideas. Are my proportions, right? How do I sew this garment? How can I add more interest to the piece? Is this pattern doable? These are all questions we ask ourselves as we push forward with our…
Find out more »September 2025
Webinar: Creative Facing Alternatives
Creating Facing Alternatives Thursday, Sept. 4th, 2025 3 p.m. Click here to purchase. Are you tired of using the standard facing? Why not explore some alternatives to facings as gleaned by paying attention to designer clothing. Susan will share multiple images of garments that she has collected in her travels and discuss not only how to approach the designs of these in Garment Designer, but also the sewing techniques involved as well. Learn to give your work a signature look…
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