Pfaff Marrakesh Pillow Event Day 2

Quilting has never been more fun! Learn an easy way to make a difficult cathedral window block! Do some more piecing to make it bigger, embellish with embroidery and quilt it in the hoop-What a fun pillow with a pop of color!

Your educator will be Jeanne Healey

Jeanne is an Independent Educator for SVP. As a child, she started sewing with her mother, a Home Economics teacher. The garments she made won numerous awards in both 4-H and the National Wool Competitions. Her enjoyment for fabrics led her to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Textile Science from Purdue University. Utilizing her degree, she has worked at a yarn dyeing factory and as a Textile and Coatings Application Chemist for Ciba Specialty Chemicals.

After using her mother’s embroidery machine and the associated embroidery software, Jeanne started to pursue her new passion, machine embroidery. This passion expanded to include quilting, machine applique, paper piecing, crafting and embroidery. For the past 20 years, she has used this passion to teach others, from beginners to experts, how to utilize their machines and software. She is a Sulky certified instructor as well as designing numerous unique designs. She utilizes technology to simplify multiple aspects of the sewing process. Her unique teaching style and patience allows students to understand and utilize various techniques with great success. Jeanne’s students always learn something new, and she freely shares her knowledge with her students.