Elizabeth Ashdown

Elizabeth is one of the UK’s few hand passementerie artists, blending endangered craft techniques with a contemporary style to create playful, bespoke artworks and trimmings. Based in London, she exhibits internationally, teaches masterclasses, and authored Passementerie. A Royal College of Art graduate, she received the 2023 QEST ADAM Architecture Scholarship.

Jane Drummond

Jane is an accomplished embroiderer with over 30 years’ experience at Lincoln Cathedral, specialising in ecclesiastical embroidery and textile conservation. Holding distinctions from the Royal School of Needlework and awards for technical excellence, she has contributed to prestigious national projects while teaching and mentoring embroiderers through workshops, apprenticeships and exhibitions.

Jenny Adin-Christie

Jenny is a talented embroiderer from Derbyshire, England, trained at the renowned Royal School of Needlework. Embroidering since childhood, she combines freelance commissions with teaching across the UK and internationally. Her work includes contributions to the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress and regalia for King Charles III and Camilla’s coronation.

Nicola Jarvis

Having trained through an apprenticeship at the Royal School of Needlework, Nicola has spent more than thirty years designing and teaching embroidery. Her work explores stitch across diverse applications, and she teaches internationally, sharing her expertise with people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds through creative, accessible, and inspiring embroidery experiences.

Rob Jones

London-based textile artist and teacher Rob Jones specialises in Japanese crafts including sashiko, kogin, shibori and katazome. Inspired by studies in Japan with Bryan Whitehead, he exhibits internationally, teaches across the UK and online, and creates vibrant indigo-dyed and stitched works defined by colour, repetition, craftsmanship and mindful making today.

Dr Alexandra Makin

Dr Alexandra Makin is a leading expert on the Bayeux Tapestry and early medieval embroidery. A Royal School of Needlework-trained embroiderer with a PhD from the University of Manchester, she serves on the Bayeux Tapestry Scientific Committee for Research and as embroidery consultant to the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux.

Alison Cole

Alison is an internationally renowned embroidery artist specializing in Goldwork and Stumpwork. With over twenty-five years’ experience, she has designed, taught, exhibited, and judged worldwide. Inspired by nature and historical embroidery, she has received numerous awards, published extensively, and remains passionate about sharing her knowledge through books, exhibitions, and teaching.

Deborah Wilding

Deborah is a highly skilled hand embroidery artist based in North Somerset, specialising in traditional techniques including Goldwork, Silk Shading, and Whitework. She works on bespoke commissions and large studio projects, while also teaching on behalf of the Royal School of Needlework and creating custom embroidery designs from her seaside studio.

Hannah Mansfield

Hannah Mansfield is a Bristol-based textile artist and freelance embroiderer celebrated for combining traditional hand embroidery with contemporary design. Specialising in goldwork and tambour beading, she won the 2019 Hand & Lock Prize Open Category. Hannah teaches widely, authored Tambour Beading (2024), and delivers the CHANEL Métiers d’Art Fellowship programme.

Kate Barlow

Kate Barlow is a highly skilled embroidery tutor and designer based in Mold, North Wales. With a background in theatre costume design, she combines traditional techniques with a contemporary twist in her embroidery kits. Kate teaches online classes and her work has been featured in prestigious exhibits and events, including the Royal Academy of Arts' Summer Exhibition and the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Ann Beck

Ann Beck is an embroidery artist and former theatrical costume designer with over 20 years in fashion and theatre. She created costumes for Olympic figure skaters, ballet companies and major productions including San Francisco Ballet. Today she specializes in hand embroidery blending color, goldwork, silk shading and teaching workshops internationally.

Anna Scott

Anna is a Danish-born embroidery artist, designer, and tutor who now resides in the Adelaide hills of South Australia. With a degree in technical hand embroidery from the Danish Needlecraft Guild College, Anna has been designing and teaching embroidery since 2000, specializing in styles that involve color, pattern, and texture.

Carole Smith

Carole Smith is a skilled lacemaker based in Perth, Scotland. With a passion for teaching and a wide range of expertise in various lace styles, Carole is dedicated to helping both beginners and experienced lacemakers develop their skills. From Torchon and British laces to Flemish laces like Flanders and Brugge Flower Lace, Carole's knowledge and experience make her an invaluable resource in the lacemaking community.

Cas Holmes

Cas Holmes is a British artist, author and tutor of Romani heritage specialising in textile work with found materials.

Kinga Bledsoe

Kinga, founder of Crimson Frog Designs, is an internationally respected bead embroidery artist, designer and educator. Originally from Hungary, she creates richly imaginative designs inspired by history, art and her worldwide travels. Passionate about teaching since 2013, she delights in helping others discover confidence, creativity and their own artistic voice through bead embroidery.

Chrissie Juno Mann

Chrissie Juno Mann, a New Forest embroidery artist, runs Cloud Juno, teaching workshops, holidays, and online classes worldwide. Inspired by nature, she creates intricate hand embroidery designs and has earned awards, competition wins, and exhibition recognition. Through self-published books and teaching, she shares the beauty of the world through thread.

Hanny Newton

Hanny is a contemporary textile artist specialising in innovative metal thread embroidery. Blending traditional goldwork techniques with modern creativity, she creates bespoke hand-stitched artworks for international interiors. Based in Shropshire, she collaborates with designers and consultants worldwide while also teaching her contemporary approach to embroidery at leading institutions and festivals internationally.

Judith Cordell

In 1994, I discovered a passion for Bobbin Lacemaking and began designing and teaching Rosaline Perle lace. Since then, I have taught workshops all over the world, published a book on the subject, and continue to find new techniques to incorporate into my designs, keeping this little known lace in the limelight.

Lorna Bateman

Lorna Bateman is an internationally renowned embroidery tutor, designer and author who has delighted Creative Experiences guests for over 10 years. With more than 30 years of teaching experience, she shares her passion for textured hand embroidery, colour and nature, inspiring stitchers of all abilities to learn, create and grow in confidence.

Taetia McEwen

With a childhood filled with beautiful books and a rambling garden, this artist developed a love for all things feminine and pretty, which she now expresses through her whimsical and intricate embroidery designs. Using silk thread, chenille, velvet, and other beautiful materials, she creates embroidered stories that contain intricate stitched details, inviting viewers to discover something new each time they look.