Q: Tell us about your education, experience and background?
A: I grew up in a small town outside of Seattle, and went to college to be a Dental Hygienist. I worked for a handful of years before deciding to stay home with my kids…and even though I only work now and then, I still really love Dental Hygiene! My Mom was always sewing clothes and quilts, but it wasn’t until I was older with kids of my own that I really got the urge to quilt.
Q: What was your biggest source of inspiration
while designing Wallflowers?
A: I’ve always had a thing for zinnias. I grew them in a little plot in our back yard, and I’d make huge bouquets to bring into the house and take to neighbors. That was the starting point for Wallflowers and the rest came after that first large floral print was done.
Q: How did you come up with the name of your blog “Cluck Cluck Sew”?
A: I grew up with chickens…and on one visit home I was trying to think of a blog name, and I could hear the chickens being noisy in the back yard while I was piecing a quilt together. The name just came to me…and I went with it. Luckily 6 years later I still like it too!
Q: When working on a new project, what are some of the biggest challenges you face?
A: Probably one of the biggest if I’m working on patterns, is trying not to have something that looks just like somebody else’s. Now days with everything on the internet…it’s easy to copy someone without ever meaning to copy someone! That and choosing fabrics for a project are always the trickiest bits!
Q: What is one thing that everybody should know about you?
A: Oh boy…I guess mostly that I am a pretty quiet person in real life. I keep to myself and I would be just fine staying home or out in the garden for days (or weeks!) on end! I’m pretty sure most of my friends have no idea what I actually do…or that I even have a blog!
A: Sitting on the beach while my kids play in the sand and look for baby crabs is one of our favorite things to do…and we are lucky to live minutes from lots of great beaches. Working outside in the yard and gardening always puts me in a good mood! I also love to re-finish furniture in my spare time...I constantly have a new project in my garage and I sneak out to work on it whenever I get a spare second!
Q: If you could have dinner with one famous person who would it be?
A: Hmm...I’d probably have to say dinner with Martha Stewart, and I’d cook the dinner with her and she’d probably let me know I was doing it all wrong.
Q: If you could be a superhero what would your superpower be?
A: If I could have one super power I’d like to be able to blink my eyes and go anywhere in the world. I’d have breakfast in Paris and lunch in Spain every single day. ;)
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Posted by: Jennifer | May 06, 2013 at 10:31 AM
Congratulations!! Love your blog and now this beautiful fabric!
Posted by: SeaBreezeQuilts | May 01, 2013 at 05:19 PM
Aha -- that red flower print that I love is a Zinnia! No WONDER I love it! I used to grow those from seeds with my mother when I was a little girl. I love those flowers.
Now, if I got to have famous people to dinner, I'd invite Martha Stewart AND Hillary Clinton. To the same dinner. Because I think both of those women have so much in common deep down where it counts, growing up in an era when little girls' dreams and opportunities were restricted, rebelling against that and blazing new trails for themselves even as they inspired the girls who came after them. Hillary by REJECTING traditional women's roles: "Do they expect me to just stay home and bake cookies?" and Martha by embracing and excelling in traditional women's domestic arts and catapulting that into a wildly successful career, magazine, product lines, etc. And the other thing Hillary and Martha have in common is how much the general public despises them for their success, for being too cutthroat and competitive (masculine) instead of self-deprecating "nice girls" (like the Cathy Guisewite comics where the main character sits around eating chocolate, feeling bad about her weight, and wishing a boyfriend would come along to sweep her off her feet). If I ever get to host that dinner party, you can come, too, Allison. I'll be sure to serve plenty of wine. ;-)
Posted by: Rebecca Grace | May 01, 2013 at 12:31 PM
Your fabrics are beautiful and I loved learning more about you!
Becca
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Posted by: Becca | April 30, 2013 at 11:56 PM
Very pretty fabric. Can't wait to see it In person!
Posted by: Pam | April 29, 2013 at 11:40 PM
Love it! Can't wait to buy some!
Posted by: Kelsey | April 26, 2013 at 01:28 PM
Allison is darling, as is her family. She has some great talent!
Posted by: despack | April 26, 2013 at 08:50 AM