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Sallieann Harrison

About Sallieann

The first thing Sallieann ever made was a cotton bikini top from her mums cast off work when she was 9!

After leaving school Sallieann flitted from “number” based jobs in insurance, banking, and tax (she wasn’t bad with numbers!). She married in the 80s and had two boys in the 90s. Then, the big change in her life came in 2000 when we moved to the USA for a three-year period so that her hubby could work on a military base.

It was there in New Bern, North Carolina that Sallieann found her very first Patchwork and Quilting Store.  She walked in and was totally bowled over and knew this is what she needed in her life!  She started with classes, mentoring from the incredible Shelly May of the “Raspberry Rabbits,” then some teaching, and by the time she left the USA, Sallieann was a prize-winning exhibitor!

When Sallieann and family moved back to the UK, she taught private Patchwork & Quilting, classes, as well as little gigs here and there for John Lewis and the American Museum in Bath. By 2016, she was designing for magazines, exhibiting more widely and started to work with Denman WI College teaching residential courses.

In 2018, Sallieann joined Sewing Quarter TV.  One of the things that she loved about the Sewing Quarter was the genuine sense of community with the channel and feedback on the fan page, adding: “when people posted pictures of what they made following one of my shows, or what they made from my pattern, I can’t help but do a ‘Happy dance’!!”

Sallieann enjoys traditional quilting techniques and has won several quilt show awards both in the UK and USA.

Click here to see an interview with Valerie Nesbitt and Sallieann where she shows Valerie some of the work she likes to do and how she does it.

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Signature Technique

Felted wool appliqué on a sewing machine using speciality threads

Top Tips

  • Run dental floss through your machine to get wool fluff out.
  • To get a “touchy feely” vintage effect dip and tea dye the piece then tumble dry.
  • Unpick seams with a Wahl trimmer. Works like a charm!

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Posts

What to watch here July 2013

We are starting the month off with our visit to the Textiles in Focus exhibition that was held in Cottenham village back in February (dates for 2014 are 21/22/23 February) where we met up with Camilla from Outward Images;  Sharon Osborne and the Art Van Go stand and Jamie Malden from Colouricious;   plus  a lovely demonstration from the organiser Pauline Verrinder who shows us how to make 3D items such as seed heads with old scrim.

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Hampden Park Alzheimer Quilts

Message from Ann Hill: Hampden park in Glasgow was covered  with 5012 quilts to raise awareness of Alzheimer's.  Thank you to everyone who helped make my crazy dream come true. Photos at Alzheimer Scotland   and if you want to see what the pictch looked like click here

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