Cochenille Design Studio

Cochenille Garment Designer Gallery of Projects

Cochenille Garment Designer Gallery shares design’s by Susan Lazear, owner of Cochenille and creator of both Garment Designer and Stitch Painter software. Click here for more information on Susan’s background. Many images reference back to her blog.

The program offers users major features found in no other pattern design program on the market. Click and Drag pattern editing, darts, built-in pattern intelligence and other features allow even novice patternmakers to create garments with relative ease.

In addition to software, Cochenille also develops clip art disks, technical manuals and design aids. Our product line now incorporates over 75 products (5 software titles, technical manuals, clip art disks and various design aids).

Susan’s Blog http://susanlazear.blogspot.com

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Family Stocking

Nicely hanging on the fireplace.

Knit Jacket

Jacket made using the hoodie style set

Spring Fling

Skirt made using the Gored Skirt Style Set

Shirt Dress 2

A-line Shirt Dress with Center front Extension, Dolman sleeves and double winged collar

Shirt Dress 1

Shirt Dress with bust dart, Full Roll Convertible collar

Red racer dress

Princess Dress with Full Roll Wing Collar

Garment Designer Top and Pants

Top with flounces made by using Garment Designer's "extras" and "additions" such as sleeve and hemline edgings and collar stand. Pants are made using the bellbottom pants style.

Raglan 1,2,3-Sewn Body, Crochet collar

The jacket of this ensemble was the test garment for the development of Garment Designer's raglan sleeve. It took four attempts and reworks to satisfy Susan that the sleeve worked well. The skirt is a draw-string skirt. The slightly contoured jacket has a button-up front and crochet frill collar. The test fabric was a cotton/polyester double knit.

To the Side-Sewn with Handwoven fabrics. Mixed fibers.

To remove the yarn guilt, Susan sent cones of yarn to Cochenille user, Dee Jones, who wove multiple 2 yard lengths of fabric all utilizing the same warp. Susan then planned to use 3 of the cooridnating fabrics in one project and chose this asymmetrical jacket styling. The soft drapey woven was used for a scarf collar which threads through a tab on the left front of the garment. The dolman sleeve style from Garment Designer was incorporated.

Black White Dominoe-Sewn and Handknit

This is a 5-piece ensemble that was created using a black and white them. Four different fabrics are used and a sweater vest is knit with 3 yarns. Garment Designer was used to plan and build the five pieces: asymmetrical jacket, camisole (not shown), cap sleeve top, 6-gore skirt and knit vest. Patterns were printed in 1/4 scale so space planning could be worked out for the use of fabrics.

Hats and Shoes-Sewn and Handknit, Rayon and MIsc. Fibers

The skirt and top were designed with a 1910's influence. The skirt has wide side panels that extend from the side seam. The knit sweater jacket has cap sleeves and an asymmetrical silhouette.

Pattern for Blanket Corner

Garment Designer pattern used to create the corners of the baby blanket.

Custom Baby Blanket

Baby Blanket Created using Garment Designer's generic shapes to plan the curve of the outer corners.

Pattern for Knit Top of Mixed Media Ensemble.

Pattern for the Knit Top, printed and taped together.

Pattern for Italian Top

This is the Garment Designer pattern file for the Italian top featuring Give/Take symmetry.