Marta Alto is the coauthor of "Fit for Real People," "Jackets for Real People," "The Serger Idea Book," and "Sewing Ultrasuede." Pati Palmer is the CEO of Palmer/Pletsch Publishing, a designer and consultant for the McCall Pattern Company, and the author of "Creative Serging," "Mother Pletsch's Painless Sewing," and "Sewing Ultrasuede." They both live in Portland, Oregon.