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May 2024
Webinar: Combining Knit/Crochet with Fabrics (with Garment Designer)
Combining Knits/Crochet with Fabrics Tuesday, May 28th, 9 a.m. PT Web – 139 Combining Knits with Fabric Garment Designer allows you to create for both knitting and sewing. So, why not make garments that utilize both! In this webinar, you will learn how to plan for, and create garments that incorporate have both knit/crochet and sewn parts. Of course, this could also apply to knit fabric and woven combinations for those who don't knit or crochet. The options are endless. Fashion…
Find out more »June 2024
Digital Fabric Design Retreat in Lyon and Valsonne, France, 2024
Digital Fabric Design Retreat in Lyon and Valsonne, France, 2024 June 5th - 15, 2024 Lyon and Valsonne, France Digital Printing in Valsonne, France This year marks our third collaboration with Label Graine, a textile firm outside of Lyon, France. This company digitally prints fabrics and has recently redesigned a portion of their space to suit workshops for designers, students, or others who want to involve digital printing in their creative life. Our retreat will combine four days exploring Lyon with…
Find out more »Webinar: Smarty Pants
Friday, June 21st, 2024, 2 p.m. PT Web-136 Legging Pattern 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. To purchase the…
Find out more »Webinar: The How and Why of Prototyping Your Ideas
Tuesday, June 25th, 2024, 2 p.m. PT Web-154 Prototyping in 1/4 scale Garment Designer provides you with a creative tool to advance your design. 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…
Find out more »July 2024
Webinar: Basic T-Top, Progressive Fit Series #1
Basic T-Top, Progressive Design and Fit (1st in a series) Monday, July 22nd, 2024. 2 p.m. PT Web-170 Comparing sizing of two tshirts 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…
Find out more »Webinar: Let’s Make a Skirt (with Garment Designer)
Tuesday, July 9th, 2024. 10 a.m. PT Web 158 Skirt example 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. Also learn which styles…
Find out more »Convergence 2024 Conference July 11-17, 2024
Cochenille Design Studio and Susan Lazear will be at Convergence this coming summer in Wichita, Kansas. We will have a booth during the vending days, and Susan is actively teaching lectures, seminars, and workshops. Susan is teaching at Convergence. Go here to see the full slate of classes. Here are video links for a preview discussion of Susan's Classes. Several instructors are featured in each video, so see the time marker to quickly get to Susan's…
Find out more »Webinar: How to Measure Garments and Use the Knowledge
Thursday, July 18th, 2024. 2 p.m. PT Web-167 Measuring Chest Width Did you know you can remove a lot of guesswork with fitting and pattern making if you understand where you are heading. So, why not let your existing clothing tell you the things you need to know. There are key measurements that provide great insight. In this webinar, Susan will demonstrate ‘live’ how to measure key areas of tops (sleeved and sleeveless), a skirt, and pants. Various techniques and…
Find out more »August 2024
Webinar: Let’s Make a Blouse
Webinar: Let's Make a Blouse Friday, August 9th, 2024, 10 a.m. PT Web 150 Click here to purchase 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…
Find out more »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…
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