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We've had over 500 sewing enthusiasts complete our teacher training programs. Below is a directory of
CERTIFIED
SEWING
INSTRUCTORS.

 

ADDITIONAL TEACHER DIRECTORIES
Click on the boxes at below to go to our Teacher Directories for Australian teachers, beginning sewing teachers, and teachers of The Winky Cherry System of Teaching Young Children to Sew.

The following Palmer/Pletsch Certified Sewing Instructors or CSIs have been trained to bring Palmer/Pletsch fashion sewing and fitting methods to your area. Names in italics are Palmer/Pletsch Associate Sewing Instructors (ASI). They have taken teacher training in one or more subjects but are teaching only part time or not currently teaching. Feel free to contact any of our teachers about classes.

List updated February 2008
 

If there is no one listed in your area, would you consider becoming a teacher? For a schedule of workshops and teacher training programs visit our workshop page. For more about teacher training, and for certification requirements, visit the teacher training page.  Teachers, to correct or change information on this list please notify both Pati Palmer AND Linda Wisner.  Please include your state in e-mail for quickest response, and indicate whether the change is for the Certified Teacher List or the Beginning Sewing Teacher list, or both. Thank you.

UNITED STATES

ALABAMA

Ann Ohme
Pike Road  
334/271-3731  
swntchr@charter.net

ALASKA

"C" (Carol) Clouse
Anchorage
907/333-2091
cclousern@yahoo.com

ARIZONA

Phyllis Clark
Surprise
623/466-9078
phyllis@wildwheat.com

CALIFORNIA

Jean Baxter
Granite Bay
916/791-4844
jebaxter@surewest.net

Susie E. Brown
Newark
510/792-8081
birden41@aol.com 

Rachel Carlson
McKinleyville
707/839-7766
 rhcarlson2001@yahoo.com

Liz Gaskill
El Cajon
619/447-2310
passionfashion@cox.net

Eilene Graydon
Lincoln
916/543-9284
egraydon@mindspring.com

Anne Marie Holliday
Camarillo
805/890-3746
tkdamh@yahoo.com

Rebecca Johns
Fontana
909/428-5181
johns_r@sbcglobal.net

Marcy Miller
San Diego
619/282-0811
jimmiller@moneymailer.com

Dee Schulte
The Sewing Coach
Mission Viejo
949/ 859- 2095
dvsinmv@aol.com

Marilyn Stanley
Sacramento 
916/851-1753 
mstanley@softcom.net

Leslie L Wornell

Los Alamitos
562/594-6394
lwornell@gmail.com

COLORADO

Katy Owens
Boulder
303/ 673 9019
focusonfit@yahoo.com

CONNECTICUT

Rosanne Campisi
Hebron
860/643-4652
rcscwoody@sbcglobal.net

Karlie Lebatique
Torrington,
860/496-7757 k.lebatique@snet.net

Janice Walsh
Unionville
860/675-4587
sew15fox@sbcglobal.net

FLORIDA

Deborah Canham
Deb Canham
  Artist Designs Inc.
Venice
941/484-0857
deb@debcanham.com

Gillian Cullin
Plantation
954/473-5961
GCullin25@aol.com

Norma Fisher
Trenton 
352/472-3489 
codpilot@aol.com

Mary McCarthy
Rockledge 
321/635-8460
mmsewing@bellsouth.net 
www.marymccarthy.net
 

 

GEORGIA
Diane Faulkner
Powder Springs 
770/421-1127
sewsalot@bellsouth.net

Connie Hamilton
Hartwell
706/ 376-0031
sewunique@hartcome.net

ILLINOIS
Nancy Nix-Rice
St. Louis
314/822-7087
nancynrice@aol.com

INDIANA


Connie Latas
Carmel
317/574-8813 
connielatas@hotmail.com

KENTUCKY

Saundra Davis
Jeffersontown
502/499-9744
sandysews2@insightbb.com
home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-sewingschool

MARYLAND

Rosemary Qureshi,
Westminster
410/876-0661
raqureshi@adelphia.net
raqureshi@aim.com

MICHIGAN

Janet Dapson
Richland
269/629-5268
dapsons@aol.com

MISSOURI

Nancy Nix-Rice
St. Louis/Kirkwood
314/966-8080
nancyrice@hotmail.com

NEVADA

Lauri Bray
Sew Easy
Reno
775/ 827-1951
punk258@msn.com

Michelle Gillmartin
Reno
775/ 323-6907
michellegillmartin@earthlink.net
 
Marilyn Melrose
Sparks, NV
775/313-4155
marilyn@mmmhats.com
 
Connie Webb
Sparks
775/425-9322
mcwebbsite@charter.net

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Cynthia Levinski, ASI
Littleton
603/444-1637
simka@access4less.net

NEW MEXICO

Mary Karlson
TLC Sew What Ya Know
Albuquerque
505/715-9622
dreyfus3@msn.com

NEW YORK

Cindy Chock
New York City 
212/246-9662
c.chock@att.net
www.cindychock.com

Carolynn Schaefer
Best Impressions by Carolyn
Eden Sewing Center
Eden
716/992-4364
carol@edensewingcenter.com
www.edensewingcenter.com

Melissa St. Clair
Painted Post
607/ 962-6103
melstclair@stny.rr.com

NORTH CAROLINA

Ellen Kautz
Raleigh
919/848-7852
ekautz@msn.com

OHIO
 

Chris Modig
Cambridge
740/432-8738
cmodig@adelphia.net

 

OREGON

Marta Alto
Portland
503/297-1519
martasews@aol.com

Sharon Blair
Portland
503/282-9304
skblair@att.net

Janet Corzatt
Portland
503/252-9880
janetcorzatt@juno.com

Charlotte deVries
Scio
503/394-3088
sewfun@wvi.com

Linda Morris
Sherwood, OR
503 628 3927 lorene_morris@yahoo.com

Jill Pratt
Roseburg
541/957-1703
fireriver@rosenet.net

PENNSYLVANIA

Pamela Leggett  
Collingdale
610/534 4182

TEXAS

Lois Beck
Cypress
713/854-3690
lbeck@sewingsimply.com

Sheryl Cadick
Garland
972/ 303-0449
scadick@cadickcorp.com

Marilyn Elliott
San Antonio
210/341-9188
mielliott@satx.rr.com

UTAH

Tamra Schenk
Hooper
801/985-0471
msschenk@yahoo.com

VIRGINIA

Mary Ann Duff
Alexandria
703/719-9672
Sewmaduff@aol.com

Cheryl Ann Mutton, CSI
Mechanicsville, VA
804/338-7245

WASHINGTON

Helen Bartley
Vancouver
360/ 896-7206
lenaliz@earthlink
www.seamdiva.com

Verna Day
Spokane
509/496-6078
vernaday@yahoo.com

Clara Grager
Everett
425/338-7212
cagrage@verizon.net

Janell Henrichsen, ASI
Camas
360/834-5903

janellsews1@comcast.net

Jodeane Parenti
Everett
425/304-0421
jparenti@gte.net

Joyce Scharold
The Gilded Needle
Kennewick
509/366-4824
thegildedneedle@scharold.net

Nancy Seifert
Successful Sewing Strategies
Sammamish 
425/313-3142
N-Seifert192@comcast.net
www.sewingstrategies.com/
and at Pacific Fabrics
www.pacificfabrics.com

Cynthia Lee Surber
Vancouver
503/737-9572
casasurber@aol.com

Susan VanCleve
Vancouver
360/771-2306
ilovemonke@aol.com

Katrina Walker
Puyallup
katrina@katrinawalker.com
www.katrinawalker.com

 

 

CANADA

ALBERTA

Cindy Chambers
Calgary
403/ 669-4769
cindy.chambers@telus.net

Martha Lynn
Touch of Class Creations
  and machine quilting
Rumsey
403/368-3879
malynn@telus.net

Judith Obee
Calgary
 403/285-5306
judy.obee@gmail.com

www.crocusneedleartsschool.ca/

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Katie Fielden
Nanaimo
250/755-9286
katie.fielden@shaw.ca
 

ONTARIO

Michèle Swiderski
Millbrook
(classes held in Peterborough)

 

AUSTRALIA


Director of Education,
Sue Neall 
 

ENGLAND

Celia Banks
Warrington, Cheshire
441 925 639 146
celia.banks@tiscali.co.uk



GUAM

Jacqueline L.G. Muna
Inarajan
munajacjoy@hotmail.com

 

PUERTO RICO

Ivonne Gutierrez
San Juan
787/399-0667
entretelasig@gmail.com

 

 

 

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