Sue Hawkins began her career restoring seventeenth-century English embroidery and she now designs for and runs her own successful kit manufacturing company, Needleworks. She teaches embroidery workshops around the country, many on behalf of the Cross Stitch Guild, of which she is the technical director. She is also the author of Dolls House Do-It-Yourself. Carpets and Rugs. Sue lives in Gloucestershire, England.