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April 2022
Webinar: Pants Workshop – Working with Fit Issues
Pants Workshop – Working with Fit Issues Thursday, April 14, 2022 11 am PT Web-102B https://shop.cochenille.com/collections/webinars-online/products/pant-fit-workshop 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…
Find out more »Toast and Boast #17
Toast and Boast #17 Please join us for our 17th Toast and Boast. Users of Garment Designer and Stitch Painter share their work! Friday, April 15, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. (note the time is 30 minutes earlier than usual). Toast and Boast #17 Fri, Apr 15, 2022 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM (PDT) Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://meet.goto.com/554725901 You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (224) 501-3412 Access Code: 554-725-901…
Find out more »Free Demo of Garment Designer
Free Garment Designer Demo on Zoom Friday, April 15th, 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Pacific Time Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88955862994?pwd=UGpReTVUVGxIS0RTZjM3Umkrc1AvZz09 Meeting ID: 889 5586 2994 Passcode: 154964 One tap mobile +16699006833,,88955862994#,,,,*154964# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,88955862994#,,,,*154964# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799…
Find out more »Webinar: Walking Tour of Garment Designer
Walking Tour of Garment Designer Monday, April 18, 2022, 11 am PT Web-128 https://shop.cochenille.com/collections/webinars-online/products/webinar-walking-tour-of-garment-designer 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 tips, short-cuts,…
Find out more »Webinar: Let’s Make a Dress (with Garment Designer)
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…
Find out more »May 2022
Pocket Challenge Deadline
Want to Get Involved with a Garment Designer Challenge? It's fun and creative, plus it forces you to explore new techniques! Cochenille currently has a design challenge. Create a garment pattern with Garment Designer (sewn or knit) that used pockets. Then, send us images of the garment and your Garment Designer file. Closeups are nice! We'll share user designs in an upcoming Toast and Boast. A winner will be selected and that person will receive a $50 gift certificate for…
Find out more »Webinar: Knitting 1,2,3
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…
Find out more »Webinar: Fitting Points with Garment Designer
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 …
Find out more »Webinar: Smarty Pants:
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.
Find out more »June 2023
Webinar: Pant Workshop, Fit Lab.
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…
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