Explore the Shawl Collar and the Design Process
Designalong with or without Garment Designer
Shawl Collar Design
For sewers, knitters, crocheters
$75.00
- Tuesday, March 11th, 2025. 9 a.m. PT
- Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 9 a.m. PT
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025. 9 a.m. PT or, tbd with group
- Meetings will be on Zoom
Attend live or watch the recordings
Welcome to the third in a series of Designalongs with Cochenille.
This Designalong features the creation of a Shawl Collar style. Shawl Collars are unique in that the back collar is attached to the front pattern piece and wraps around to the back neck. There are many different styles you can create with a shawl collar ranging from tailored to very drapey collars. You will learn how to create a Mood Board which will set the tone for your design and inspire you. You will also learn how to choose your fabric and how to plan a garment by developing some base dimensions prior to creating a pattern.
*Note: You will need to have Style Set 2 in order to have the Shawl Collar option in Garment Designer. If you are not a Garment Designer owner, you can still participate in the webinar using a commercial pattern which you can modify.
You can sew, knit, or crochet the entire garment or mix and match parts. You will have a month to create the garment after class 2.
Here is an outline of the Designalong:
Class #1: Introduction to the Shawl Collar Style
- Discussion of the Project
- History of the Shawl Collar
- Presentation of Various Shawl Collar Styles
- Choosing Fabrics fabrics that will work with the style
- Inspiration: Using Pinterest to pin Shawl Styles
- Discussion of Mood Boards
- Building a Mood Board in PowerPoint, Canva, or by Hand
Homework
- Collect Images of Shawl Collar Inspirations as well as items to use for your Mood Board
- Choose your Fabric
- Create a Mood Board revolving around your choice of fabric and style
- Create a Rough Sketch of the garment you want to create
Class Two: Presentations of Concepts and Planning your Patter
- Presentations
- Discussion of translating your design concept to a drawing with dimensions
- Using Reference Garments and Proportions
- Demonstration of building three different Shawl Collar patterns in Garment Designer
- Building the Pattern
- Construction Techniques
- Test construction of a mini shawl collar
Homework:
- Plan the dimensions of your Shawl Collar design
- Build the Pattern
- Sew a small test sample of a Shawl Collar design to test construction
- Create your Shawl Collar garment
- Prepare a presentation to share with the group.
Class #3: Presentations and Discussion
- Presentations of Student Designs
- Critique
- Discussion
If you have any questions, please email Susan at Cochenille. susan@cochenille.com