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May 2021
Webinar:Domino Design: Working Creatively with Fabrication and Style
Domino Design: Working Creatively with Fabrication and Style Tuesday, May 18, 2021 1 pm PT Web-134 More Info 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 the basics of this approach as well as how to design coordinates. For knitting, sewing, or combinations. Garment Designer will be used to demonstrate the different ways of planning pieced garments, design…
Find out more »Webinar: Pant Fit Workshop
Pant Fit Workshop Thursday, May 27th, 11 a.m. Web-102A. More Info This webinar focuses on recognizing pant fit issues, and how to solve them with patternmaking. 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…
Find out more »Toast and Boast #11 and Results of Upcycle Challenge
Join us while we view recent projects from Cochenille Users at the 11th Toast and Boast. Toast and Boast #11, Upcycle Challenge Fri, May 28, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (PDT) Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/708100357 You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (872) 240-3311 Access Code: 708-100-357 New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/708100357
Find out more »June 2021
Webinar: Let’s Make a Blouse
Let's Make a Blouse Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 11 am PT Web-150A. More Info Let’s Make a Blouse will feature the development of a woven fabric blouse. It will cover design considerations, fabric choice, appropriate styles in Garment Designer, the sequence of steps in building the bodice and sleeve pattern and the option of darts. You will also learn how to add the additional ‘blouse’ pattern parts such as a collar, front extension, facings, sleeve cuff treatment, and pocket. Design…
Find out more »Webinar: Working with The Extras Menu (of Garment Designer)
Working with The Extras Menu (of Garment Designer) Saturday, June 12th 2021, 11 am PT Web-111 More Info Designing garments is step one but accessorizing that garment with the right 'add-ons' is what makes it unique. In this webinar you will learn how to use all the items in the Extras menu to add Collars, Cuffs, Pockets, Edgings, and Additional Shapes to the body of your garment. Learn the lingo of styles, how to plan and place them, and how…
Find out more »Webinar: Facing Alternatives (Updated)
Facing Alternatives (Updated) Thursday, June 17, 2021 1 pm PT Web-118 More Info Are you tired of using the standard facing? Why not explore some alternatives to facings as gleaned by paying attention to designer clothing. Susan will share multiple images of garments that she has collected in her travels and online, and she will discuss not only how to approach the designs of these in Garment Designer, but also the sewing techniques involved as well. Learn to give your…
Find out more »Webinar: Translating Sewing Details to Knitting
Translating Sewing Details to Knitting Thursday, June 24th 2021, 11 am PT Web-141. More Info Expand your hand or machine knitting repertoire by borrowing ideas from the sewing world. Learn how to knit pin tucks, hung hems, various bindings/edgings, casings, work with zipper ideas, embellishments, and more. Instructions for various techniques will be shared as well as fashion inspirations which will teach you new ways to make your knitting more unique.
Find out more »Webinar:Let’s Make a Dress: Design and Sewing Techniques
Let's Make a Dress: Design and Sewing Techniques Wednesday, June 30th, 11 a.m. Web-157. More Info 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…
Find out more »July 2021
Jazz it Up: Creative Use of Garment Details
Tuesday, July 13th, 2021, 11 am PT Web-144 More Info Learn how to take a basic garment and turn it into something unique through the use of creative pockets, collars, and other additions to a garment. This webinar will inspire you with images of fashionable ideas that can easily be created with Garment Designer. Take an existing pattern and jazz it up! There will be lots of demonstration of pattern work in the software to help you advance your skills.
Find out more »Webinar: Armhole-Sleeve Relationship
Saturday, July 17th, 2021 1 pm PT Web-112. More Info If you alter/fit patterns, or want to draft them ‘from scratch’, Susan will teach you the basics of armhole and sleeve combinations. Understand how changes made to the armhole affect the sleeve and enjoy learning how to draft/create a multitude of sleeve styles. Garment Designer will be used to demonstrate examples.
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