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March 2021
Free Webinar Lecture: for Women’s History Month –
Please join us for a free lecture celebrating Women's History Month: Women's Roles and the Fashion that Resulted, 1870-1920. Webinar Lecture: Women's Roles and the Fashion that Resulted, 1870-1920 Sun, Mar 28, 2021 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (PDT) Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/453799605 You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (571) 317-3122 Access Code: 453-799-605 New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting…
Find out more »Webinar:The How and Why of Prototyping your Ideas – ** NEW
Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 1 pm PT Web-154 Garment Designer provides you with a creative tool to advance your design skills. In this webinar we want to share with you the various approaches you can take to test out your ideas. Are my proportions, right? How do I sew this garment? How can I add more interest to the piece? Is this pattern doable? These are all questions we ask ourselves as we push forward with our projects. Susan…
Find out more »April 2021
Webinar: Knitting 1,2,3 with Garment Designer
Knitting 1,2,3 with Garment Designer Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 11 am PT Web-135. More Info 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…
Find out more »Toast and Boast #10, Results of Stripe Challenge
Join us for our 10th Toast and Boast, and the results of our Stripe Challenge. Toast and Boast #10, Stripe Challenge Results Fri, Apr 16, 2021 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (PDT) Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/751850877 You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (872) 240-3212 Access Code: 751-850-877 New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts: https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/751850877
Find out more »Webinar: Translating Italian Fashion to Garment Designer
Translating Italian Fashions to Garment Designer. **UPDATED Saturday, April 17th 2021, 11 am PT Web-116 More Info Learn how to translate Italian fashions to patterns for sewing or knitting. Susan will share fashion garments as seen in Italian stores and/or trend shows, and show you how to approach the designing of them in Garment Designer. Learn how to translate what you see in a finished garment to a paper pattern. Creative thought, proportions, measuring tips, etc. will be covered.
Find out more »Webinar: Pants, Pants, Working Towards a Better Fit
Pants, Pants, Working Towards a Better Fit Saturday, April 24th 2021, 11 am PT Web-102A. More Info Create your own Pant pattern! If fitting pants is your challenge, this webinar will help you learn how to measure your body, and your favorite pants to assist you in creating a pattern, muslin, and ultimately, pants that fit. Analyze your figure and your fit-challenges to define the problems you face. Then, learn how to use the right sequence of steps in Garment…
Find out more »Free Lecture: Fashion and Sustainability
Susan Lazear of Cochenille Design Studio will present a lecture on Fashion on Sustainability this coming Sunday. This is based on her TedTalkX lecture she gave two years ago. Sustainable Fashion Sweater Fashion and Sustainability Sun, Apr 25, 2021 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (PDT) Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/761399805 You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (872) 240-3212 Access Code: 761-399-805 New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and…
Find out more »Webinar: Let’s Make Knitwear (hand or machine) NEW
Let's Make Knitwear (hand or machine) 11 am **NEW Wednesday, April 28th, 2021 11 am PT Web-155. More Info Translate fashion to your own knitwear patterns! If you want to create your own patterns with Garment Designer, this webinar will teach you various approaches. Learn to work from an existing garment with or without modifications, and how to translate ready-to-wear knits to your own. Also learn how to look at a non-knit garment, decide if it is appropriate to transfer…
Find out more »May 2021
Webinar: Smarty Pants
Smarty Pants Thursday, May 6th, 2021 1 pm PT Web-136. More Info 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.
Find out more »Webinar: Variations on a Theme
Variations on a Theme Tuesday, May 11th 2021, 11 am PT Web-119 More Info Just as music has variations to a theme, so can we, using Garment Designer. In this webinar, you will learn how to take a pattern and apply different variations to it to create multiple looks. This is an ideal approach for anyone who has a garment they love, and want more mileage from. We will work with a Top (Italian Inspiration), Skirt and Pant. You will…
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