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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

How to sew 1/4″ seam allowance

The sewing of an accurate seam allowance is very important in patchwork; the standard is ¼” and several sewing machine manufacturers have made special feet to help this. However, if you don’t have one of these, don’t despair, this video shows you how to set your machine to do this.www.justhands-on.tv/videos/1/

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Kim Thittichai shares her love of embellishing

Queen of Embellishing and mixed media, Kim Thittichai shares with you her great embellishing product called "Hot Spots"www.justhands-on.tv/videos/category/4/ And Mixed media textile enthusiasts will love Kim’s books ; Hot Textiles and Experimental Textiles

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Changing your password

Val:  If you have forgotten your password, you can ask the computer software to issue you with another one and in return you will get a series of letters and numbers, which are impossible to remember!!   However, once you have logged in you can find a 'Change my Password' option at the top righthand side of your screen under the Members tab;  so you can then type in something  you can remember and is also easy to type!

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