Creative with Cochenille

Garment Designer Top: African Influence

Posted on 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
Understanding ease with the pinch test

The Pinch Test: Understanding Ease in Clothing

Posted on 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
Upcycle Project

Up-Cycling and Creativity with Fashion and Garment Designer

Posted on by Susan Lazear
Up-Cycling: From Sweatshirts to Fashion - Getting Sustainable As we all know, the movement for a sustainable world plays a growing importance in our day to day life. As a result, I’m becoming more aware of what I keep, and...Read More

Oh My Stars, A Free Garment Designer Pattern!

Posted on by Stephanie
Designing a Star on Garment Designer Cochenille has many crafters using the Garment Designer program, so I thought I'd share a quick look at my craft project. Since we have a webinar later this month about Working with the Extras...Read More

Garment Designer: Copying Pattern Dimensions from Pinterest

Posted on by Stephanie
Garment Designer: Copying Pattern Dimensions from Pinterest Hello All! Today we wanted to explore how one can use dimensions to copy a pattern. For the video we used a reference photo from Pinterest, but you can use the same process...Read More