Annie McGee
Alternative designer, embroiderer and seamstress
based in Cheshire, UK
Since 2010 I've been stitching up alternative embroidery and sewing under the persona of Scavenger Annie.
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It's a name that emerged from a character I used to play in my old museum job and my family's history with the cotton mills in Lancashire (my grandad worked as a scavenger - cleaning the mill machines as a child and worked his way up to being a spinner).
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As an alternative seamstress and embroiderer I'm inspired by vintage patterns of the 40s, 50s and 60s, tattoos, rock music, steampunk, kawaii and geekery.
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On this site you will find some of the threads that I've stitched up over the years and the latest stitchery in my online shop.
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As seen in
Sew Magazine
From Passion to Profit by Claire Hughes (2014)
Warrington Guardian -
Awards
Intuit Quickbooks UK Support Small Biz Award.
I was one of the winners of a national competition that awarded British start-ups and local business owners a total of £20,000 of funding as a reward for outstanding business pitches, concepts and goods.
It was noted by the judges that my "entry was specific, inspiring and received a lot of votes from the community thanks to [her] activity on social media".
Intuit UK
Handmade 100 - Top 100 Most Influential Crafters.
As part of the celebrations for The Handmade Fair a competition was launched to discover the most influential crafters.
I placed 30 out of 100 and it was a great honour to be featured in the #Handmade100 list of Twitter’s top 100 crafters as voted for by the public.
Kirstie Allsopp - Handmade Fair
Small Business Sunday Award.
Small Business Sunday, shortened to the hashtag #SBS on Twitter, was created by Theo Paphitis in October 2010. Theo is best known for appearing on Dragons' Den on BBC Two. He is Chairman of Ryman Stationery plus Boux Avenue lingerie, Robert Dyas and London Graphic Centre.
Theo Paphitis
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