Contact: Pati Palmer
Palmer/Pletsch Publishing
1801 N.W. Upshur, Ste. 100
Portland, OR 97209
(503) 274-0687
For Release March 2, 2007
PALMER/PLETSCH TRAINS SEWING TEACHERS WITH NEWLY REVISED BOOK
PORTLAND, Ore.—Palmer/Pletsch Publishing, which has been conducting sewing workshops and training sewing instructors here for nearly two decades, has revised its popular book The Business of Teaching Sewing. First written in 1995 by Pati Palmer and Marcy Miller, the book has been used as the text for training teachers at the Palmer/Pletsch International School of Sewing and Teacher Training Institute in Portland. But it was time for an update because much has changed since then, especially in the use of computers and the Internet.
Palmer says that now is an ideal time to enter the business of teaching sewing. Sewing classes that used to be offered in the public schools are now cut out of many school districts’ tight budgets, creating a need for independent sewing teachers. Moreover, she says, the interest in fashion-sewing has made it to mainstream television and newspapers. “Shows like Project Runway and Trading Spaces have made sewing a creative form of personal expression,” says Palmer. “Teens and twenty-somethings up to those in their forties are asking, ‘Where can I learn how to sew?’ Quilting is also hot.”
The Business of Teaching Sewing includes ideas compiled from more than 30 years of teaching experience. Since the 1970s, Palmer/Pletsch educators have taught thousands of seminars and hands-on workshops throughout the United States and Canada, and more recently in the company’s full-fledged sewing school in Portland. Palmer/Pletsch has been training teachers since 1991, and over 300 are actively teaching. One of the largest fabric-store chains in America will soon be launching Palmer/Pletsch sewing schools in its stores.
The Business of Teaching Sewing covers business management tips, image, teaching topics, pricing, lesson plans, teaching techniques, classroom setup, marketing, traveling and teaching, and related ways for the entrepreneur to increase income. Book owners can go to a Web site to download editable forms for marketing and teaching.
The Business of Teaching Sewing, by Marcy Miller and Pati Palmer. Pub. Date: March 1, 2007. 8 1/2” x 11”, 128 pages. Softcover—$29.95. More information is available at www.palmerpletsch.com. Contact us for images of sewing classes.
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Palmer/Pletsch was established by Pati Palmer and Susan Pletsch in 1974. The company publishes books on fashion sewing, home decorating, image, and the business of teaching sewing. Palmer/Pletsch books are known for quality because their techniques are developed not through research, but through experience. The company also produces DVDs and a line of sewing-related products. For the first 15 years, company representatives taught over 900 seminars a year throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. Today the Palmer/Pletsch International School of Sewing in Portland, Ore., offers workshops and a teacher training program. Pati Palmer is also a designer for The McCall Pattern Company.