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<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nDebbie is the owner of Wooden Spools a vendor at Road. \u00a0She specializes in woolen products\u00a0and will be teaching a class using those products to create a special pincushion.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nHow many years have you been quilting?<\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nI learned my sewing basics in my junior high school Home Economic Class back in the late 60\u2019s which means I have been sewing for approx 40 years\u2026\u2026.never actually added that up before\u2026..makes me feel really old!! \u00a0My first sewing project was a yellow gingham drawstring apron which we had to embroidery cross stitches on!! I can\u2019t actually call myself a quilter. My passion is hand stitching and wool appliqu\u00e9.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nWhat motivated you to start quilting?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nI was influenced early as a young girl towards sewing by my great aunt, grandmother and mother. My great aunt lived until she was 101 years old and my favorite memory of her is hand piecing her quilts. She always had a quilt hanging up on the living room ceiling on pulleys so she could lower it to work on it. My grandmother made lots of doll clothes for me and loved patchwork quilts. \u00a0I participated in many local shows with my mother and stitched shop sample. Wool became a favorite of mine after taking a class at a local quilt shop. My mother encouraged me to start my business while I cared for her before she passed away in 2001.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nWhere have you traveled in your quilting teaching career?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nTeaching is always fun and I have had the privilege of teaching in Oregon, Washington, and California.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nWhat is the most unusual, frightening, funny, frustrating experience you have had in your quilting career?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nAfter thinking about this question I actually must say that my most memorable and unusual experience was at Road 2 California while vending in the Big Tent and the wind came up and we had to be evacuated from it. Everyone was so helpful at getting our things out safely. It is always a reminder the Mother Nature is always in charge and that sometimes things are just out of your control and that being flexible is the best policy. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nWho is your favorite author?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nI don\u2019t really have a favorite author. I have enjoyed reading Mitch Albom\u2019s books, The Quilt That Walked to Golden by Sandra Dallas, also love looking through quilting, and home decorating magazines. I also love to work on crossword puzzles.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nWhat is your birth order and where did you grow up?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nI am the 2<\/span><\/span>nd<\/span><\/span><\/sup> of a 4 girl family. I was born in Oregon but moved every year of my childhood between different cities in Oregon and Washington because of my dad\u2019s job. Portland was our last move when I was in High School and have been here ever since. I did not have the opportunity to go to college but was blessed to marry my best friend shortly after high school and began my life as a full time wife and mother.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nDo you have children \u2013 grandchildren?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nI have 2 children. Amy and Daniel\u2026\u2026who are both married and I have one granddaughter who is 2 \u00bd years old. I am fortunate my children live very nearby and I get to see them every week.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nDo you have any pets?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nOur 11 year old black l\nab Coal is a special part of our family. We live in the country so all the neighbor dogs hang out here a lot too!!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n\u00a0<\/span>What is your favorite food?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n\u00a0I am a meat and potato girl\u2026\u2026my favorite meal is a nice filet mignon and baked potato\u2026\u2026.accompanied by family and friends;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nDo you have any other hobbies besides quilting?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nBesides stitching I love to work in the yard, antiquing, and love being a NANA!!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\nWhat would be on your \u201cbucket list\u201d (like the movie) if you could do anything and money was no object?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat would be on my Bucket List and money is no option?? \u00a0That\u2019s hard for me!! \u00a0Beside things like remodeling our home, being debt free, and being healthy, I just want to be where I am at and near my family!! \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n \n\n\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-http4-bp-blogspot-com_vi9jugiva9gsgxs67el8eiaaaaaaaaaqkfns2oeg50yms1600-himg_2689-jpg","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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