Local girl wins wool competition

Published 4:00 am Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Alison Wallace, of Powell Butte, won the Oregon Make it with Wool competition in the senior division, ages 17 to 24. She will represent the state at a national competition in Scottsdale, Ariz., this week.

Wallace has been sewing since she was 9 and has entered items in previous contests, according to a press release from the Oregon Sheep Growers Association, which sponsors the contest. The contest was held Dec. 3 in Sunriver.

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