Webinar – How Body Measurements Affect Your Pattern – NEW!!

How Body Measurements Affect Your Pattern – NEW!! Saturday, April 18th, 10 a.m. Pacific Time A little knowledge up front goes a long way to fit and great looking clothing. In this lecture/demonstration, you will learn how to take meaningful...Read More

Webinar- Garment Designer: Step-by-Step Knittings

Garment Designer: Step-by-Step Knitting Tuesday, April 14th, 10 a.m. Pacific Time Get started making knit patterns in Garment Designer! In this webinar Susan will show you how to use Garment Designer to design a knit project. This webinar will help...Read More

Webinar – Domino Design: Working Creatively with Fabrication and Styles

Webinar - Domino Design: Working Creatively with Fabrication and Styles   Domino Design is an approach to clothing design whereby fabric and pattern design are used in a manner that allows you to build garments that mix and match. Learn...Read More

Garment Designer Top: African Influence

Posted on March 17, 2020April 30, 2020 by Susan Lazear

Recently, I oversaw a project at Mesa College in San Diego, which involved a partnership between our Fashion students, the Mesa African Art collection, and Visions Art Museum in San Diego Liberty Station. There were several aspects to the project,...Read More

The Pinch Test: Understanding Ease in Clothing

Posted on February 4, 2020February 2, 2021 by Susan Lazear

The Pinch Test: The Key to Understanding Fit in Clothing By Susan Lazear Sometimes the simplest things in life are the ones we don’t easily see. I would say this is true with sewers and knitters, and crocheters when it...Read More