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February 2025
San Marcos Garment Designer Workshop, February 22-23, 2025
Saturday/Sunday, February 22nd, 23rd, 2025. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Location: San Marcos, California Susan Lazear's Home - maximum of 7 people $150.00 Garment Designer Winter Workshop We are pleased to offer our Winter Workshop this upcoming year. Want to learn more about your software? Maybe escape the snow while you are at it? Whether you are new to the program, need a brush-up, or want to stretch what you already know, you are bound to learn. The theme of…
Find out more »Sewing and Stitchery Expo, Puyallup, WA. Feb. 29th – March 3rd 2024
Cochenille will be vending and Susan will be teaching at the Sewing and Stitchery Expo in late Feb/ early March. Susan Lazear is Teaching at Sew Expo Download a flyer to see what classes are being taught by clicking here. Susan is teaching a variety of classes including the following: 1 Needle Classes (45 minutes) 1023 - Creative Facing Alternatives 1024 - Knit Super Power: Stretch Factors for Knits: How These Impact Fit and Design 1025 - A Dozen Things…
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 »June 2025
Retreat: Fashion, Textiles, and Silk Painting in Lyon and Buxy (Burgundy), France
Fashion, Textiles, and Silk Painting Lyon and Buxy (Burgundy), France June 2nd - 12th, 2025 Silk Painting in Burgundy Vintner Home in Buxy Burgundy This year we are combining our days of exploring Lyon with days of textile and garment design and Silk Painting in Burgundy with textile artist Nadja Lancelot and Cochenille's Susan Lazear. Our France retreat will begin in Lyon exploring its deep silk and textile heritage. We will have a variety of appointments and excursions. Of course,…
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 »August 2025
New Mexico Garment Designer Retreat 2026
From Fabric/Yarn to Garment Garment Designer Retreat August 21st - 25th, 2026 Cimarron, New Mexico $420.00 The Casa, site of your 2025 Design Retreat. We are continuing our tradition of truly retreating in an amazing location and spending focused time with Garment Designer. So, we return to Cimarron, New Mexico and the 100-year-old inn we have grown to love. Skill Level: All you really need is computer comfort and some sewing experience. It is advisable to get the software in…
Find out more »New Mexico Garment Designer Workshop/Retreat
August 21st - 25th, 2025 Cimarron, New Mexico Students at work! The Casa, site of your 2025 Design Retreat. We are continuing our tradition of truly retreating in an amazing location and spending focused time with Garment Designer. So, we return to Cimarron, New Mexico and the 100-year-old inn we have grown to love. Skill Level: All you really need is computer comfort and some sewing experience. It is advisable to get the software in advance and have experimented with…
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…
Find out more »Webinar: Understanding Armhole-Sleeve Relationships
Tuesday, Sept. 9th, 2025 10 a.m. If you alter 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, but the techniques apply to hand-drafting and altering patterns as well. To purchase, click here. >>> No Need to be Present Live!…
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