Dr Isabella Rosner is Curator of Textiles at the Royal School of Needlework, Research Associate at Witney Antiques, and host of the Sew What? podcast. She is a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker and regularly speaks about needlework and art history on BBC Radio.

Vicky Bevan is Curator of Designs and Archives at the Royal School of Needlework. A former Curator for the National Trust she has cared for properties such as Polesden Lacey, Sissinghurst, Ightham Mote and the Surrey Hills. She specialises in the history of the domestic interior, has authored guidebooks for several historic houses and is a graduate of the RCA and V&A Museum’s MA course in History of Design.