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How to Read a Ruler

Posted on July 20, 2017July 24, 2017 by Stephanie

How To Read a Ruler Learning how to read a ruler is a patterning must and to make it just a bit easier for our users we would like to share our own reference handout that is now on Pinterest! Feel free...Read More

Garment Designer: Extra Extras! Read all about it!

Posted on July 13, 2017July 13, 2017 by Stephanie

Patterning Using Garment Designer: Extra Extras! Read all about it! Hello All! I've been meaning to post some more details on how I made this fun top on Garment Designer using the Extras menu on Garment Designer. I started off with...Read More

Have Happy 4th of July! Free Captain America Shield Gridded Design

Posted on July 4, 2017July 4, 2017 by Stephanie

We at Cochenille Design Studio hope that everyone is enjoying their 4th of July! Please feel free ;) to download the Captain America Shield Cross-Stitch Pattern made using Cochenille Design Studio's Stitch Painter software with the FCI Plug-in. .PDF files...Read More

Cochenille Design Challenge – Accessorize to Exercise your Garment Designer Skills

Posted on June 29, 2017October 27, 2020 by Stephanie

Patterning with Garment Designer: Making an Accessory Hello Fellow Crafters, Time to think out of the box and challenge your Garment Designer skills! If you have been keeping up with our Creative with Cochenille Blog, you already have an idea on...Read More

Basket Case: The Play-it-safe Case for Your Picnic Plates!

Posted on June 29, 2017October 27, 2020 by Stephanie

Patterning Using Garment Designer: Accessory Challenge This month's Design Challenge is piggybacking off my last blog post about Fanny Packs. I had so much fun trying to create a new pattern using an existing Style Set that I thought other...Read More