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Celia Banks is a qualified teacher and has been sewing
for over 35 years. In the last few years she has attended
courses and gained sewing qualifications in both the UK
and the USA. She holds Instructor and Associate
Educator certificates awarded by the Palmer Pletsch
School of Sewing, in Portland, Oregon and a City &
Guilds qualification in Tailoring, and City & Guilds Level
2 in Lingerie. Her aim is to teach people techniques that
allow them to produce well-fitting and well-made
garments.
Palmer Pletsch
The Palmer Pletsch organisation, which is widely known
in the States and Australia, owes its success to the
efforts of its founder Pati Palmer. Pati has been
designing for McCalls since 1980 and is their
"Fit" expert. She and her business partner,
Maria Alto, have produced several books and DVDs in
the "Fit for Real People" series; these
include jackets, shirts and trousers. These publications
are the reference materials used for Celia's courses. It is
the only organisation that runs an ongoing teacher's
certification programme to ensure that the teachers
maintain and develop their levels of knowledge year by
year.
The Palmer Pletsch system is simple. For tops, jackets
and dresses only the bust or high bust measurement is
required, while for skirts and trousers only the fullest
part of the hips needs to be measured. A commercial
pattern in the correct size (from any company) is then
tissue-fitted and altered for each individual. Extra wide
seam allowances in the main seams are used during the
next stage, which is pin-fitting the fabric for final,
minor adjustments prior to sewing.
The benefits of the system are:
Few measurements required.
No time or money spent on cutting and sewing toiles.
Any commercial pattern may be used.
Students quickly learn to recognise their personal
fitting challenges and the solutions and can apply these
to any type of garment.
It works!
These courses are held at Bambers, we have a
large classroom upstairs and a car park at the rear of
the building.
TO BOOK ANY COURSE PLEASE
PHONE CELIA ON 07790036975
Or Email Celia at Celia.Banks@Tiscali.co.uk