New to Garment Designer? or possibly a bit rusty? Take a tour of the software with Susan Lazear as your tour guide! Susan will show you Garment Designer’s main attractions as well as help you discover destinations you may not have known existed. This tour will help seasoned travelers and new tourists explore Cochenille’s pattern […]
Garment Designer allows you to create for knitting, crochet and sewing. So, why not make garments that utilize combinations! In this webinar, you will learn how to plan for, and create garments that incorporate both knit or crochet and sewn parts. Fashion inspiration as well as design how-to's and sewing/joining options will be shown. One does […]
Join Cochenille users from around the world in viewing samples of their work which are arranged in a PowerPoint presentation. This is a free webinar. We meet via GotoMeeting.com (invitation is below). You are also invited to share your work. Email susan@cochenille.com for info. This is our third meet. Invitation Toast and Boast #3 […]
In pattern design, the goal is to make clothing that flatters. This webinar will teach you some basic skills on how to analyze yourself for silhouette, facial shape, and body proportions. You then will learn what garment styles are most appropriate for you. We will use various styles in Garment Designer to illustrate styles you […]
Sunday, June 28th, 2 p.m. Pacific Time This lecture is essentially a slightly expanded version of Susan’s TedTalkX that she gave two years ago on Fashion and Sustainability. Learn how the world of fashion challenges our world’s resources, and the various things you can do to improve the footprint fashion takes. See the Invitation below. […]
Expand your hand or machine knitting repertoire by borrowing ideas from the sewing world. Learn how to knit pin tucks, hung hems, various bindings/edgings, casings, work with zipper ideas, embellishments, and more. Instructions for various techniques will be shared as well as fashion inspirations which will teach you new ways to make your knitting more […]
Just as music has variations to a theme, so can we, using Garment Designer. In this webinar, you will learn how to take a 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 mileage from. Earlier versions […]
Thursday, 7/16/20 – 2 p.m.. PT Using three sources of inspiration; a store window, an actual garment, and a magazine clipping, Susan will walk you through the steps analysis and then building the pattern in Garment Designer. Non-traditional styles will be chosen in order for you to see how one can push the edge a […]
Tuesday, 7/21/20 – 5 p.m.. PT Has your waist changed and you now have bottoms you can’t wear? Or, does your weight fluctuate and you want to design clothing that allows for this? This webinar focuses on creative techniques of altering existing garments or plan new ones to allow for ‘flexible waists’. Garment Designer tips […]
Saturday, 7/25/20 – 2 p.m. PT Garment Designer allows you to design Tops and Bottoms in the same file. This allows you to design with proper proportions between jackets and skirts, pants and tops, etc. It also lets you build two-piece outfits such as empire-waist styles, jackets and skirts, pants/tops, and more. Learn how using […]