Recharge Your Creative Energy: The Importance of Design Retreats

Participants of the 2024 Italy Retreat, in Peschiera del Garda, after a felt workshop Most creative people lead a busy life, full of activities, deadlines, a full social calendar, and other demands of every-day obligations. Sometimes, one’s creativity wanes and...Read 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 [caption id="attachment_16158" align="aligncenter" width="351"] Garment Designer Winter Workshop[/caption] We are pleased to offer our Winter Workshop this...Read More

Toast and Boast #26

[caption id="attachment_15138" align="aligncenter" width="712"] Cochenille Users[/caption] 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...Read More
Assembling the upper jacket from the Empire Jacket.

Blueprint to Sewing: How to Master the Sequence of Constructing your Sewing Patterns

Designing and drafting your own patterns is such a great pleasure, especially when the resulting clothing fits! We have many Garment Designer (pattern making software) users who are developing their own unique styles and are delighted with the process. Creativity...Read More