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August 2024
Webinar: Creative Facing Alternatives
Creating Facing Alternatives Tuesday, August 13th, 2024 9 a.m. PT Click here to purchase. 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 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 work a signature…
Find out more »Webinar: Woven Fabric Garment, Progressive Fit and Learning
Woven Garment, Progressive Fit and Learning Tuesday, August 20th, 2024. 10 a.m. PTWeb-171 Purchase by clicking here. 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 garment style.…
Find out more »Designalong: Three Part Design Workshop (online) Square Armhole Vest/Jacket
Square Armhole Vest/Jacket Project: Designalong with or without Garment Designer Mixed Fabric/Media Project For sewers, knitters, crocheters $75.00 DA-01 Wednesday, August 28th, 3:30 p.m. PT Wednesday, Sept. 4th, 5 p.m. PT Saturday, October 5th, 9 a.m. PT Attend live or watch the recordings Welcome to the first in a series of Designalongs with Cochenille. Want to push your creative skills to the next level? Why not step into a mixed media project by combining fabrics or fabrics with yarn? A…
Find out more »Webinar: Walking Tour of Garment Designer
Walking Tour of Garment Designer Thursday, August 29th, 2024. 11 a.m. Web-128 Click here to register Take a tour of Garment Designer with Susan Lazear as your tour guide! Susan will show you Garment Designer’s main attractions as well as help you discover destinations you may not have known existed. This tour will help seasoned travelers and new tourists explore Cochenille’s pattern making software. So join us as we walk through functions and menus of Garment Designer and share additional…
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Webinar Workshop: Around the Block: Creative Hand Pattern Making Techniques
Around the Block: Creative Hand Pattern Making Techniques Saturday, Sept. 7th, 2024 9 - 11:30 am PT. 2.5 hours WW-03 Learn some quick Pattern Making by hand skills. Exploring your way around a basic bodice, you will learn simple yet creative pattern making skills that will allow you to add interest to a garment. Step by Step Pattern Making Students will work with quarter-scale basic patterns and utilize several techniques to enhance that part of a garment. We will begin…
Find out more »Webinar: Garment Designer – Did you Know?
Garment Designer: Did you Know? Wednesday, September 11th, 2024, 2 pm PT Web-120 Knowledge is power. And increasing your Garment Designer know-how can only make you faster and better at developing patterns. This webinar will allow you to test your knowledge about the logic and workings of Garment Designer. We are going to walk through 50 Garment Designer facts/how-to's that will assist you in understanding how the software works and possibly demystify those odd moments you encounter when Garment Designer…
Find out more »Webinar: Let’s Make Capes and Coats
Let’s Make Capes and Coats. Webinar Tuesday, September 24th, 2024. 11 am PT Web-162 Let's Make Capes and Coats will feature the development of over-garments that suit us well during the cooler months. It will cover design considerations for this genre of clothing, fabric choice, appropriate styles in Garment Designer, the sequence of steps in building patterns. A variety of cape and coat styles will allow you to work with wovens, knits, crochet, and…
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Webinar: Twenty Pattern Guidelines
Twenty Pattern Guidelines Tuesday, October 8th, 2024 9 a.m. PT Web-109. More Info If you alter or create your own patterns, then it's time you increase your knowledge of pattern rules that professionals know and understand. In the class you will see how simple it can be...if you understand the basics. Study the anatomy of a pattern, learn how to change it properly and how to relate ease to fit. Garment Designer will be used to demonstrate examples, but this…
Find out more »Webinar: Knitting 1,2,3. Step-by-Step with Garment Designer
Knitting 1,2,3 Step by Step Web-135 Monday, October 21, 2024, 9 am PT 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…
Find out more »Webinar: Understanding Armhole-Sleeve Relationships
Friday, October 25, 2024. 9 am PT If you alter 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, but the techniques apply to hand-drafting and altering patterns as well. To purchase, click here. >>> No Need to be Present…
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