
Rebecca Reid
Crafter, designer and TV presenter
Rebecca is founder of Amber Makes and has previously worked as Senior Technical Editor of Love Embroidery and Simply Sewing magazines. She works with sewing TV channels including Sewing Street, Yarn Lane and Sewing Quarter. She been stitching since she was a child and has worked on many craft magazines as well as running her own curtain-making business. She is known by her colleagues as a sewing oracle – you name it, she can sew it. She’s hugely knowledgeable about sewing techniques, fabrics and tools and is full of helpful advice for her fellow sewists, from the best place to buy curtain-making materials to which books and websites are handy for that sewing problem you’re stuck on.
Recent articles by Rebecca Reid

Embroidery thread: what thread can I use for machine and hand embroidery?
You can produce brilliant effects with different embroidery thread. Discover the right embroidery thread for your project in this handy guide

How to sew a patchwork laptop case
Join the slow sewing revolution! We love a spot of English Paper Piecing, so this step-by-step gadget case tutorial is the perfect patchwork project to take out and about.
