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Marta Alto


Born
in Seattle, Washington, The United States
January 06, 1945

Died
May 10, 2024


Marta Alto taught costume design at San Francisco State. She then did custom sewing for a major department store where she and met Pati Palmer. She ran its sewing school in four stores. Marta traveled for Palmer/Pletsch teaching sewing Ultrasuede, tailoring, and fit classes throughout North America and Australia. She was co-author of Fit For Real People and other books with Pati Palmer and the duo developed the Palmer/Pletsch Tissue-Fitting Method. ...more

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Pants for Real People: Fit ...

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Jackets for Real People: Ta...

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Pants for Real People: Sewi...

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Full Busted? Sew Clothes Th...

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21st Century Sewing, From S...

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Learn to Sew a Shirt or Blouse

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Creative Serging: A Palmer/...

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Jeans for Real People: Lear...

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Sewing Ultrasuede Brand Fab...

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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions
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Sewing . . . Good to Great:...

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