Allison has an Education degree from University of Winnipeg and many years’ experience teaching aquatics. Allison began teaching sewing and quilting while working at a sewing machine dealer in Calgary, Alberta. She also owned her own fabric store and sewing school for 6 years where she had the wonderful opportunity to teach a wide variety of classes to many sewers, young and old. She now has a studio and classroom in her home and does customer quilts and well as longarm machine rentals. She is a National Handi Quilter Educator. Allison teaches in her studio, locally and in North America. Allison has a very, very supportive husband, 2 daughters and granddaughter close by.
I’ve come to the end of my week of stitching 3 inspirational wallhangings. At the beginning of the week I shared how I used WonderFil DecoBob 80wt polyester thread for perfect piecing. I then shared how I used WonderFil InvisaFil 100wt polyester thread for quilting the blocks and adding texture to the…
This week I’m stitching up some small inspirational wallhanging quilts. They will be gifted at Christmas. I’m hoping these quilts will encourage the recipients in 2018. So far this week, I’ve pieced my quilt tops using WonderFil’s DecoBob thread. DecoBob is an 80wt ‘cottonized’ (non-stretchy or melt-y!) thread. It’s very…
I’m excited to show you my thread choices for quilting the 3 different wallhangings I’ve been working on this week, Persevere, Be Curious and Relentless. Yesterday I showed how I quilted the body of the quilt with InvisaFil thread. Today I’ll go over what I did to quilt the borders,…
This week I’m making three wallhangings to inspire and encourage the recipient for the coming year. Yesterday, I showed how I pieced some flying geese blocks using WonderFil’s DecoBob 80wt polyester thread. DecoBob is a fine thread and results in perfectly pieced units. Add the Border Today, I’m adding a…
This week I’m using WonderFil’s wide variety of threads to stitch up some inspiring and encouraging wallhangings for Christmas gifts. These wallhangings are to usher in the new year and include words of encouragement and inspiration to give as gifts. The three quilted banners are called: Persevere, Relentless, and Be…