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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…
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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…
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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 »February 2025
Toast and Boast #26
Cochenille Users Please join us for Toast and Boast #26. Users of Garment Designer and Stitch Painter share their work. Topic: Toast and Boast #26 Invitation Time: Feb 7, 2025 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84165748442?pwd=et2eZjQwixtkoVCjjlDfCU67KtOa7I.1 Meeting ID: 841 6574 8442 Passcode: 670758 --- One tap mobile +16694449171,,84165748442#,,,,*670758# US +16699006833,,84165748442#,,,,*670758# US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 841 6574 8442 Passcode: 670758 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kpQnT1XxJ
Find out more »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…
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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…
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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…
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