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August 2016
New Mexico Garment Designer Workshop Retreat
New Mexico Garment Designer Workshop Retreat This year our Garment Designer Retreat in New Mexico is focusing on learning the art of measuring Ready-to-Wear and translating fashion to a Garment Designer pattern. Various other Garment Designer techniques will be covered as well. Optional Sante Fe Day (Aug 11th) $75 Cost: $325 (Early Bird Special of $300 if booked by May 31st) The dates will be: August 11th - Optional Santa Fe Day or Possible Drive through Artists Studios en route…
Find out more »September 2016
Garment Designer: Did You Know? (Part 1)
Garment Designer: Did you know? (Part 1) Saturday, Sept 3rd at 9:30 a.m. PST This webinar presents a list of things about Garment Designer that many people don’t always know. Test your knowledge and increase your awareness about using the software.
Find out more »Introduction to Garment Designer
This webinar is for people who are basically just starting, or who need a complete refresher on how to approach creating garment patterns with Garment Designer. It's time to get going, so let's walk through the steps of thought, measurement basics, and so on.
Find out more »October 2016
Combining Knits with Fabric
Combining Knits with Fabric Friday, October 14th, 2016 at 12 p.m. PDT Garment Designer allows you to create for both knitting and sewing. So, why not make garments that utilize both! In this webinar, you will learn how to plan for, and create garments that incorporate both knit and sewn parts. Fashion inspiration as well as design how-tos will be shown.
Find out more »Garment Designer: Working with the Extras Menu
Working with the Extras Menu Friday, October 21st at 3 p.m. PDT Increase your knowledge of Garment Designer to add style, functionality or advance your pattern skills. Learn how to apply Collars, Cuffs, Pockets, Edgings and Generic Shapes to your patterns. In Addition we will explore unique ways of using the symmetry function.
Find out more »November 2016
Garment Designer Nuno Felt Retreat
Garment Designer Nuno Felt Retreat Garment Designer Nuno Felt Retreat will be Cochenille's annual fall design workshop. The workshop involves designing a pattern in Garment Designer with the specific purpose of adding engineered Nuno felt sections to the end result. We are pleased to have as our guest, Italian Fashion Designer, Lisbeth Wahl. She will join us to share her knowledge of Nuno Felting. The goal of the workshop is to show Garment Designer users how they can push their projects to the…
Find out more »Working with Knit-Specific Functions
Susan will be covering all things related to working with Knitwear Design: The Design Process, Ease and Fit with Knits, Generating Output for Knits - Calculating Yarn - Reading the Knit Cheat Sheet, and more.
Find out more »Garment Designer: Did you know? (Part 1)
This webinar is the 1st part of 2 webinars. It presents a list of things about Garment Designer that many people don’t always know. Test your knowledge and increase your awareness about using the software.
Find out more »Garment Designer: Did you know? (Part 2)
This webinar is a continuation of "Garment Designer, Did you Know Part 1". It presents a list of things about Garment Designer that many people don’t always know. Test your knowledge and increase your awareness about using the software.
Find out more »December 2016
Pants, Pants… Working Towards a Better Fit
If fitting pants is your challenge; this webinar will help you learn how to measure your body and components of actual pants that fit. Then, learn how to use the right sequence in Garment Designer to build the pattern you need. Let's take some of the mystery out of the process, and get you closer to your perfect pant pattern.
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