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January 2015
Webinar-Facing Alternatives
For those who have not yet attended, a webinar is a 60 to 70 minute online class to include Lecture, Question & Answer and PDF Handouts for personal use. This webinar will share various sewing techniques that one can use in lieu of the standard facing. Susan has combed store windows around the world for various ideas and then translated them to how they should be sewn. Be inspired by European fashions, and learn how to recreate the technique on…
Find out more »Webinar-Stitch Painter: Using Full Color Import
For those who have not yet attended, a webinar is a 60 to 70 minute online class to include Lecture, Question & Answer and PDF Handouts for personal use. This webinar will teach you how to work with the Full Color Import module of Stitch Painter. If your goal is to take a scanned image into the software, reduce the colors to a workable amount and grid the image according to your needs, this class will take you down the…
Find out more »Webinar-Variations on a Theme
For those who have not yet attended, a webinar is a 60 to 70 minute online class to include Lecture, Question & Answer and PDF Handouts for personal use. Just as music has variations to a theme, so can we, using Garment Designer. In this webinar, you will learn how to take one pattern and apply different variations to it to create multiple looks. This is an ideal approach for anyone who has a garment they love, and want more…
Find out more »February 2015
Webinar-Stitch Painter: Using Full Color Import
For those who have not yet attended, a webinar is a 60 to 70 minute online class to include Lecture, Question & Answer and PDF Handouts for personal use. This webinar will teach you how to work with the Full Color Import module of Stitch Painter. If your goal is to take a scanned image into the software, reduce the colors to a workable amount and grid the image according to your needs, this class will take you down the…
Find out more »Webinar-Introduction to Garment Designer
For those who have not yet attended, a webinar is a 60 to 70 minute online class to include Lecture, Question & Answer and PDF Handouts for personal use. "I've Opened the Box, What's Next?" 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 »Stitches West
Cochenille Designer Studio will be at Stitches West. This is a fiber experience for knitters and crocheters. It includes classes on topics from design to finishing with every topic in between. The STITCHES Market is a shopping experience you won't want to miss and that is hwere you will find us! Be sure to come visit us! We will be in booth # 619
Find out more »Webinar-Garment Designer: Knit Specific Functions
For those who have not yet attended, a webinar is a 60 to 70 minute online class to include Lecture, Question & Answer and PDF Handouts for personal use. 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 »March 2015
Webinar-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.
Find out more »Webinar-Introduction to Stitch Painter
Need a refresher? Or are you a new Stitch Painter user? This webinar will demonstrate the basic workings of Stitch Painter, Cochenille's Stitch Design program. This program can also be used for Beading, Stitchery, Mosaics or any graph based design. Learn how to approach a project, use the Tools, Repeat, and other basic menus.
Find out more »Webinar-From Fashion Windows to Actual Garments
In this webinar, Susan will walk through the process of interpreting fashions you see in store windows, online or elsewhere and building the pattern in Garment Designer. A series of different garments will be shown and used in this workshop. You will learn how to interpret and how to creatively use your software.
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