Kerrie Padmore
Sewing
I’m Kerrie Padmore, the heart (and fabric hoarder!) behind this little corner of the internet. Here, you’ll find a space filled with creativity, kindness, and the absolute joy of handmade living. My mission is simple: to inspire your creativity and share the love of sewing, one stitch at a time. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned maker, I’m here to help you embrace the beauty of creating with your own hands. Welcome to a world where creativity flourishes and every stitch tells a story
As a mum of three and a wife, my love for sewing started with a tiny obsession with buying fabric (let’s be honest, who can resist?!). Naturally, that obsession turned into a business and now I get to share my passion with you through beautifully designed sewing patterns, online classes, in-person workshops and sewing retreats
Suzie Duncan
Sewing
Suzie Duncan is a renowned freelance creative designer and craft tutor, celebrated for inspiring fabric designs and mixed-media kits. She collaborates across the craft industry, working as a European trainer for major brands like Cricut and Creative Expressions.
A familiar face on Sewing Street TV, Suzie shares tutorials featuring quilt demonstrations, bag projects, and seasonal creations. Her engaging on-screen presence brings confident energy that resonates with audiences.
On SewingStreet’s platform, she’s recognised as a top designer, creating bespoke fabric panels and quilt kits beloved for their charm and practicality. Her designs spark creativity in makers of all levels, balancing inspiration with accessibility for diverse creative projects.
Carolyn Forster
Quilting
Carolyn Forster is a celebrated British quilter who studied textiles in Bath and earned a City & Guilds qualification in Patchwork and Quilting. Her quilts have been featured in international magazines and on UK and US television.
Beginning with self-published Quilting-on-the-Go, she secured contracts with Landauer Publishing (US) and Search Press (UK). Carolyn teaches extensively across the UK and internationally, specialising in “quilt-as-you-go” techniques.
She actively engages the quilting community through her popular Instagram @quiltingonthego and YouTube channel. Her signature workshop focuses on quilt-as-you-go techniques originating with the Siddi peoples in India, using fabric scraps to create 10-inch mini quilts while learning traditional design elements.
Mandy Shaw
Sewing
Mandy Shaw is one of Britain’s most talented and respected sewing and quilt designers with a worldwide reputation for her work. Passionate about sewing and quilting for as long as she can remember Mandy started her business, Dandelion Designs, in 2004 as a way of making a little money whilst brining up her young kids at home. Little did she know what it would grow into.
As well as being a prolific designer, Mandy loves to teach and demonstrate and (when allowed) will regularly attend shows like Festival of Quilts in the UK and Quilt Market in the USA. She is the author of over 12 bestselling books including Stitch with Love, Simply Redwork and The Christmas Table. In total her books have sold over 150,000 copies worldwide and have been publishing in six different languages.
A great collector of things, Mandy draws inspiration from vintage books and paraphernalia. Her desire is for everything she designs to tell a story and be meaningful and over the years, she has developed a unique folk art style all of her own and is drawn to a red and white colour palette for which she has become famous!
Mandy runs Dandelion Designs from the bottom of her garden in a wooden chalet built for her by her husband Phil specially to house her business and her workshop.
Alice Garrett
Liberty Fabric
Alice Garrett, founder of Alice Caroline, is a Liberty fabric aficionado with a lifelong passion for their patterns and heritage. Starting in her Cotswolds kitchen 20+ years ago, she’s built a vibrant enterprise celebrating quality and timeless design.
Inspired by her grandmother’s Liberty stash and childhood store visits, Alice champions fabric accessibility through curated quilt kits spanning over 450 prints. Alice Caroline is the only UK Liberty distributor, offering ethically made kits and accessories crafted in her Cotswolds studio.
She authored Little Lady Liberty, featuring 20+ sewing projects, and hosts quilt-along workshops like “Sophie Jane Quilt” Sew-Along. Her expertise brings prestige to creative gatherings, combining heritage textiles with sustainable craftsmanship and collaborative artistry.
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Rebecca Reid
Sewing
Rebecca Reid is the founder and project designer behind Amber Makes, known for clear, stylish sewing kits. With years in craft publishing and television, she’s built a brand making sewing accessible for all levels.
A regular on Sewing Street TV, Rebecca shares her creative process and Amber Makes projects, showcasing vibrant crafting energy. Her television experience brings confident storytelling to workshops and presentations.
Co-founding Amber Makes with Amy Gaunt, Rebecca combined her sewing and instructional skills with Amy’s fabric design expertise. Together, they developed innovative cut-and-sew fabric panel kits that eliminate pattern tracing, simplifying the sewing process and making crafting more accessible and enjoyable.
Tilly Rose
Sewing
Tilly Rose is a celebrated mixed-media textile artist, designer, and author based in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Her work blends surface embroidery, layered fabrics, and ephemera, creating visual journals inspired by nature, nostalgia, and the Fenland landscape.
Her bestselling books include Stitched Memories (2018), Daydream Journals (2022), and two 2024 releases: Among the Wildflowers and Connecting with Nature, celebrating nature-inspired textile crafts, including eco-dyeing and mindful stitching.
A sought-after tutor, Tilly hosts workshops across the UK and online, appearing on Create & Craft TV. In 2024, she launched Tilly’s Slow Stitch Cafe, an online membership offering tutorials, livestreams, and a supportive community for textile enthusiasts seeking mindful, nature-inspired creativity.
John Scott
Sewing
John Scott is an acclaimed TV presenter, sewing expert, and costume professional with a career spanning theatre, television, film, and fashion. Trained at Wimbledon School of Art, he worked on blockbuster films including Four Weddings and a Funeral, GoldenEye, and Tomb Raider, plus TV shows like Agatha Christie’s Poirot.
His television breakthrough came in 2000 on ITV’s This Morning, where he remained Fashion Expert for 10 years, hosting segments like Beat the Stylist. He also appeared on How Do I Look and Style Challenge, and starred in a West End one-person show.
As lead presenter for Sewing Quarter (2017–19) and Sewing Street TV, John brings sewing tutorials to broad audiences. In 2020, he launched John Scott’s Sewing World, his digital platform combining blogs, interviews, and video content. His show aired weekly on Crafter’s TV, cementing his influence in the sewing world.
Katharine Wright
Sewing
Owner and founder of the Leicestershire Craft Centre, Katharine has been crafting since she was seven and her mum taught her to knit – her first handmade gift was a knitted egg cosy for her Grandpa. She continued to knit and sew all through her childhood making dresses for her high school dances, and knitting jumpers for friends while at university.
Katharine has a degree in English Literature and a Masters in Business Administration and has had a wide variety of different jobs. However after taking a career break to have her three children, she has rediscovered her love of crafting and creating and is loving passing on this passion to others.
Dressmaking and patchwork are Katharine’s particular favourites, but she also teaches knitting, crochet, glass fusion, embroidery, weaving and felting, art for well-being and loves to try her hand at other crafts such as silversmithing.
Katharine has taught workshops at a variety of national Craft Events including The Festival of Quilts, The Handmade Festival and Malvern Quilt Festival. She is currently appearing as a Guest Demonstrator on Sewing Street TV and is developing a range of sewing and dressmaking patterns.
Lisa Lam
Sewing
With a measuring tape draped like a stripy boa and a cackle that be heard in the next county, Lisa has spent over two decades perfecting the art of bag making and sharing her enthusiasm with the sewing community. Known as the “Queen of Bagmaking,” she has transformed bag making from a niche hobby into a mainstream sewing category—all while occasionally sewing her own sleeve to a tote bag (usually live on TV) .
As a long-standing guest designer on Sewing Street TV, Lisa is the undisputed master of “professionalism-meets-chaos”. While she possesses the technical wizardry to turn a scrap of fabric into desirable arm-candy, she is just as likely to stitch a handle on backward or get herself into a muddle on live television ( ‘zip pull-gate’ will haunt her for the rest of her days)
Lisa’s credentials are as sturdy as a leather bag strap. A stitcher since age 8, a London College of Fashion graduate, and author of two best-selling bag books (with a new title out in mid 2026), she has taught hundreds of thousands of makers how to conquer “zipper-phobia”. Her bag designs are the ultimate “Goldilocks” of the sewing world: desirable enough to make your friends jealous, yet achievable enough that you won’t throw your sewing machine out the window.
She currently lives in Brighton with her husband and daughter, and a collection of D-rings that she’s pretty sure are breeding in the dark.
Jenny Jackson
Sewing
Jenny Jackson is a textile designer and sewing educator with a passion for all things bright, beautifully stitched and leopard print, of course.
She specialises in English Paper Piecing (EPP), a calming hand-sewing technique, and Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP), its more technical machine-sewn counterpart. Viewers may recognise Jenny from Sewing Street TV, where she regularly demonstrates both techniques with plenty of laughter and the occasional live-TV stumble.
Jenny is the founder of The Stores Sewing Studio in West Sussex, a light-filled studio running alongside her home. Here, she teaches hands-on workshops and hosts guest designers from across the sewing community. Classes are known for their relaxed, welcoming atmosphere and are always well stocked with creativity, conversation, coffee, tea and cake.
She studied Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Brighton, specialising in knitwear (four years of knitting well spent). After graduating, Jenny became a mum and began sewing from home, where she discovered English Paper Piecing. From there, things quickly gathered momentum, leading to pattern design, television work, and the publication of her book, English Paper Piecing Workshop.
When she’s not sewing, Jenny can be found spending time with her son Dylan, her crazy cockerpoo Dave, and enthusiastically daydreaming about renovating her house.
Kay Walsh
Quilting
Kay Walsh is a UK-based textile artist and educator with over 30 years of sewing and quilting experience. Alongside Jenni Smith, she co-authored Menopause Makes, featuring 10 beginner-friendly projects designed to alleviate symptoms like insomnia and night sweats.
Each project thoughtfully pairs with specific symptoms, providing practical solutions and self-care opportunities. The book includes clear instructions, vibrant illustrations, and pull-out pattern sheets for all skill levels.
Beyond authorship, Kay leads workshops focusing on therapeutic crafting benefits. She and Jenni create “crafty travelogues” sharing international crafting insights. Kay’s work emphasises inclusivity and well-being, creating supportive environments where women explore creativity and find solace through sewing.
Jenny Smith
Quilting
Jenni Smith is a UK-based textile artist renowned for innovative quilting and dressmaking patterns. With a television production background (BAFTA-nominated for Ballet Boys in 2011), she founded Jenni Smith Studio in 2012.
Her acclaimed book Quilting with Liberty Fabrics showcases 15 quilts celebrating Liberty London’s history, each representing different decades. She also offers dressmaking patterns like the Hepworth Apron and Riley Top & Dress, supported by comprehensive online tutorials.
Collaborating with Kay Walsh as “Jenni and Kay Create,” they produced Menopause Makes, combining crafting with personal storytelling. Her work emphasises accessibility and community engagement, inspiring confidence in makers of all skill levels through innovative designs and supportive teaching approaches.