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May 2022
Webinar: Knitting 1,2,3
Thursday, May 5th, 2022 11am PT Web-135 Design your own knitwear or crochet projects! If you are a knitter (or if you crochet), you will want to use Garment Designer to its fullest. In this webinar Susan will show you how to use Garment Designer to design a knit project. This webinar will help you master the Shaping Instructions, generate shaping charts for regular, top-down, bottom-up, sideways and diagonal knitting. You will learn tips and tweaks to make your next…
Find out more »Webinar: Fitting Points with Garment Designer
Fitting Points with Garment Designer Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 11 am PT Web-146 This webinar will take you on a tour of the various ways you can achieve 'fit' in Garment Designer. We will explore the use of Darts (bodice and bottoms), Princess Lines, Contoured Styles, Dart Equivalents, and the use of Ease. In addition we will address some fitting issues such as rounded back, forward shoulders, non-symmetrical bodies, and approaches to dealing with them. Buy Now …
Find out more »Webinar: Smarty Pants:
Smarty PantsTuesday, May 24th, 11 am PTWeb-136 In this Webinar Susan will show you how to think outside of the box while patterning non-traditional pants in Garment Designer. Learn new and creative ways to achieve stylish, unique, and even some funky styles when patterning in Garment Designer with Professor of Fashion and owner of Cochenille, Susan Lazear, as your guide. Leggings without side seams, two-panel pants, and other atypical bottom variations will be discussed.
Find out more »June 2023
Webinar: Pant Workshop, Fit Lab.
Pant Workshop, Fit Lab. Friday, June 2nd, 2023 10 am PT This webinar focuses on recognizing pant fit issues, and how to solve them with pattern making. Learn how to read the wrinkles or stress folds, and what to do to correct them. After we have viewed the various pattern alterations, we will have Fit Expert Lorraine Henry join us. For those who have taken the Pants, Pants – Measuring and Working Towards a Better Fit, you can submit photos of…
Find out more »Webinar: Let’s Make a Skirt (with Garment Designer)
Let's Make a Skirt Friday, June 23rd, 2023 11 am PT Sign up by going here! Everyone should have a few favorite skirts to wear. Not only do they make us feel a bit more feminine, skirts are cooler to wear in summer heat. Let’s Make a Skirt will cover the development of skirt styles (and variations) including straight, A-line, gore, flared, tiered, layered, wrap, and more. Learn how to add a yoke, flounce, kick pleat, pockets, and other skirt accoutrements.…
Find out more »Webinar: Smarty Pants- Patterning Atypical Pants with Garment Designer
Smarty Pants Thursday, June 29th, 2023. 11 am PT Web-136 Click here to register. In this Webinar Susan will show you how to think outside of the box while patterning non-traditional pants in Garment Designer. Learn new and creative ways to achieve stylish, unique, and even some funky styles when patterning in Garment Designer with Professor of Fashion and owner of Cochenille, Susan Lazear, as your guide. Leggings without side seams, two-panel pants, and other atypical bottom variations will be discussed.…
Find out more »July 2023
Webinar: Progressive Learning with Garment Designer – Basic T-shirt
Basic T-Top, Progressive Design and Fit (1st in a series) Tuesday, July 11th, 2023. 11 a.m. PT Web-170 The Progressive Design and Fit webinars are designed to aid users in the following way: Taking accurate measurements Choosing the right fabric Building a Pattern in Garment Designer Using a reference garment Testing Fit and the accuracy of your measurement Sewing Techniques. As we progress through the series you will add more measurements and test greater levels of fit according to the…
Find out more »American Sewing Guild Convention, New York City
American Sewing Guild in NYC July 27 - 31st, 2023 https://www.asg.org/resources/conference/ At the end of July, Cochenille will be in New York City at the American Sewing Guild conference (July 27th – 31st). Susan is teaching and both she and Dottie will be in the Cochenille Booth.
Find out more »August 2023
New Mexico Garment Designer Workshop/Retreat
August 23, 2023 - August 27th, 2023 Cimarron, New Mexico Currently, this workshop is full. Email us to be put on a pre-notify list for 2024. 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. The goal of our retreat this year will focus on working with Garment Designer and the creation of patterns…
Find out more »September 2023
Zero Waste (Minimal Waste) Design Challenge Deadline
Our current Design Challenge is 'Zero Waste' or 'Minimal Waste'. This is a sustainable movement that has been gaining momentum. Design and create a garment using Garment Designer that has minimal waste and submit a photo and the pattern to us. (susan@cochenille.com). Your photos could include how much waste/scrap fabric or yarn is left. Some ideas? Use the void of a neckline to create a pocket Use simple shapes which can be laid out effectively Create other items with the…
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