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Linnette
Dowdell & Kim Fillmore
Linnette
Dowdell (formerly Linnette Whicker) has an
extensive background in teaching and
training. She worked for Pfaff Sewing
Machines in the Education department from
1989 until 2001.
Prior to working with Pfaff, Linnette trained
with Palmer/Pletsch and taught serger classes
in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. |
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She received her
Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern
Michigan University with a major in education
and taught in public schools in Louisiana and
Texas for 15 years.
While
working for Pfaff, she trained new dealers
and wrote the Owner's handbooks for the Pfaff
Creative 7570, 7550, 7530 and 7510. She is
featured in the instructional videos for the
Pfaff Creative 7570 and Pfaff PC Designer
software version 2.0 as well as Pfaff's
How-To video with Martha Pullen on Heirloom
Techniques. She has appeared on "21st
Century Home" on HGTV, "Martha's
Sewing Room" and Houston's PBS.
Linnette did extensive testing on the Pfaff
Creative 2140 prior to it's introduction. Her
sewing has been featured in Creative Sewing
Illustrated, The Complete Book of Machine
Quilting, Terrific Textures, Fancy Work
Magazine, Sew Beautiful Magazine and Pfaff
Club Magazine.
She started Sewing Expressions in 2001 with
her husband Robert, now also, our very own
Technical Director and responsible for
bringing the best Hand Cream available to
Sewing Expressions! |
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Kim
Fillmore also has an extensive background in
teaching and training. She worked for Pfaff
Sewing Machines in the Education dept. from
1992 until 2003.
Prior to her career with Pfaff, Kim spent
four years fine-tuning her sales, teaching
and writing style working for a sewing
machine dealer in the Denver, Colorado area. |
Her sewing has been featured
in nationally known sewing magazines, videos
and tv shows (I hate to say this, but I
really have never kept a list…so
I’m not even going to try to mention
individual ones!).
Joining Pfaff, working on the road for 4
years and subsequently moving to New Jersey
allowed Kim to become more involved in the
behind-the-scenes business of the sewing
world…creating classes and writing,
proofing and editing sewing & machine
manuals and books. She participated in new
dealer training and was involved with
creating the manuals, handbooks and built-in
machine texts for the 2140, 2144 (as well as
editing books/manuals for many of the Pfaff
machines).
Kim was heavily involved in beta-testing of
the Pfaff creative 2140 and 2144 prior to
their introduction and troubleshooting and
compiling consumer and dealer feedback to aid
the engineers in future machine enhancement. |
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