OK I give in! You have all been asking for a glimpse of the designer and although I've tried to explain that I'm nothing to write home about I thought it was probably about time to show myself.

My name is Carol Leather. I am a 46 year old wife and a mother to Becky (26) and Ben (18).  Becky is the proud mother of young Rocca, aged 2 in August 2006.

In addition to needlework I enjoy photography, lacemaking, country walks and animals of all kinds (except snakes & spiders). I first discovered cross stitch in 1986 when a tiny angel kit caught my eye in our  local needlework shop. I bought it, got stuck in and went back the next day for a second project.

After searching for a particular design without success I eventually decided to start designing cross stitch in 1992. My first three designs were sent off to a needlework magazine after much  persuasion from my family and friends. Much to my surprise they were accepted and published. Later I was approached by a new magazine and asked to design on commission for them. I continued  designing every month for this magazine (and others) for over 3 years before settling down into my own kit manufacturing business.

My forays into blackwork came when I was asked to produce some for one of the magazines. After studying madly for a while (much harder than I ever did when at school) I managed to design two  needlecases which were snapped up by the editors. Boosted by this I continued designing and, well, I'm still going! 

My kits and chart packs are now sold by numerous shops in the UK and other countries, including  America, Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands and South Africa. 

I hope you enjoy checking out my website and look forward to hearing from you.

Carol