Carol Leather
Founder, X-Calibre Designs
Carol Leather learned to stitch at her grandmother’s knee and turned that early love into a lifelong career. She has taught hand embroidery since 1992, at major UK needlework shows, in local craft shops, and through private and one-to-one classes, alongside designing for British needlework magazines. With more than 30 years of teaching behind her, she creates patterns and clear, encouraging tutorials in cross-stitch, blackwork and other embroidery techniques, always with the beginner (or returner) in mind. Carol works from her cosy home office, answers every message she receives, and delights in helping stitchers find calm, skill and satisfaction in every finished piece.