Pati Palmer has been teaching sewing for 37 years. After being an educator for the Armo interfacing company and a department store buyer and home economist, she conducted seminars throughout North America and Australia for 15 years. She traveled 26 weeks per year before establishing the Palmer/Pletsch International School of Sewing in Portland, OR, where she now trains consumers and sewing educators.

Pati is the author of 10 sewing books and editor/publisher of 20 more books and 11 how-to videos and five DVDs and creator of eight Palmer/Pletsch sewing notion products. From 1980 to the present Pati has designed and written instructions for more than 100 patterns for The McCall Pattern Co. Prior to that she designed for Vogue.

Sue Hausmann, in her blog, says:

"Pati Palmer was honored for her years of sewing inspiration as the 2008 inductee into the Sewing Hall of Fame. A good time was had by all. Pati also spoke at one of the luncheons and it was great to hear how she got started in the sewing industry and to see some of the garments she created years ago and see some of her early publications. Do you remember sewing with double knits and Qiana?? Pati and I do!!
 

AND THERE'S MORE...

Pati and her daughter Melissa were featured
in the August issue of SQE Professional

To download a pdf of the article, click the cover.