Helen Philipps studied printed textiles and embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University and then taught drawing and design before becoming a freelance designer. After working in the greeting card industry, Helen's love of needlecraft led her to create original designs for stitching magazines and books. Her work features regularly in many stitch and craft magazines and she also writes a popular craft blog, helenphilipps.blogspot.co.uk. This is Helen's eighth book for David and Charles, following Simple Sewn Gifts published in 2010.
