Let's Make a Dress with (Garment Designer) Thursday, April 28, 2022, 1 pm PT Web-157 https://shop.cochenille.com/collections/webinars-online/products/webinar-lets-make-a-dress-with-garment-designer Let’s Make a Dress will cover the development of a variety of dress styles ranging from the classic shirtwaist to an A-line dress, to dresses with yokes, and an assortment of summer styles.  Topics include design considerations, fabric choice, appropriate styles in Garment Designer, and the sequence of steps in building sleeved and sleeveless dresses. Darts and fit options will be included as will…

Thursday, May 5th, 2022 11am PT Web-135 Design your own knitwear or crochet projects! If you are a knitter (or if you crochet), you will want to use Garment Designer to its fullest. In this webinar Susan will show you how to use Garment Designer to design a knit project. This webinar will help you master the Shaping Instructions, generate shaping charts for regular, top-down, bottom-up, sideways and diagonal knitting. You will learn tips and tweaks to make your next…

Fitting Points with Garment Designer Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 11 am  PT Web-146 This webinar will take you on a tour of the various ways you can achieve 'fit' in Garment Designer. We will explore the use of Darts (bodice and bottoms), Princess Lines, Contoured Styles, Dart Equivalents, and the use of Ease. In addition we will address some fitting issues such as rounded back, forward shoulders, non-symmetrical bodies, and approaches to dealing with them.    Buy Now     …

Smarty PantsTuesday, May 24th, 11 am PTWeb-136 In this Webinar Susan will show you how to think outside of the box while patterning non-traditional pants in Garment Designer. Learn new and creative ways to achieve stylish, unique, and even some funky styles when patterning in Garment Designer with Professor of Fashion and owner of Cochenille, Susan Lazear, as your guide. Leggings without side seams, two-panel pants, and other atypical bottom variations will be discussed.

Pant Workshop, Fit Lab. Friday, June 2nd, 2023  10 am  PT This webinar focuses on recognizing pant fit issues, and how to solve them with pattern making. Learn how to read the wrinkles or stress folds, and what to do to correct them. After we have viewed the various pattern alterations, we will have Fit Expert Lorraine Henry join us. For those who have taken the Pants, Pants – Measuring and Working Towards a Better Fit, you can submit photos of…

Let's Make a Skirt Friday, June 23rd, 2023 11 am  PT Sign up by going here! Everyone should have a few favorite skirts to wear. Not only do they make us feel a bit more feminine, skirts are cooler to wear in summer heat.  Let’s Make a Skirt will cover the development of skirt styles (and variations) including straight, A-line, gore, flared, tiered, layered, wrap, and more. Learn how to add a yoke, flounce, kick pleat, pockets, and other skirt accoutrements.…

Smarty Pants Thursday, June 29th, 2023. 11 am PT Web-136 Click here to register. In this Webinar Susan will show you how to think outside of the box while patterning non-traditional pants in Garment Designer. Learn new and creative ways to achieve stylish, unique, and even some funky styles when patterning in Garment Designer with Professor of Fashion and owner of Cochenille, Susan Lazear, as your guide. Leggings without side seams, two-panel pants, and other atypical bottom variations will be discussed.…

Basic T-Top, Progressive Design and Fit (1st in a series) Tuesday, July 11th, 2023. 11 a.m. PT Web-170 The Progressive Design and Fit webinars are designed to aid users in the following way: Taking accurate measurements Choosing the right fabric Building a Pattern in Garment Designer Using a reference garment Testing Fit and the accuracy of your measurement Sewing Techniques. As we progress through the series you will add more measurements and test greater levels of fit according to the…