Jennifer Easterling, of the Dayton, Ohio Chapter along with her regional representative, Renee Ciaciuch
Member of the Year
Jan Squires, President of the Central West Coast, Florida Chapter
Chapter of the Year (Small Chapter)
Bend, Oregon Chapter Laurie DeSantis, President of the Bend, Oregon Chapter along with her regional representative, Lynn Weglarz
Chapter of the Year (Large Chapter)
Indianapolis, Indiana Chapter Chapter President, Darlene Sipes is surrounded by members of the Indianapolis, Indiana Chapter in attendance at conference.
Chapter of the Year (Medium Chapter)
Ames, Iowa Chapter Chapter President, Diane McCauley is surrounded by members of the Ames, Iowa Chapter in attendance at conference.
Diane McCauley, President of the Ames, Iowa Chapter after receiving the award
Pati Palmer, 2008 Sewing Hall of Fame Honoree
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.
Pati is currently consulting with Unique Pattern Co. in hopes of perfecting their computerized system of helping fit sewing patterns and their body skanner.
