About this author

Julia is a teacher, author and lover of yarn and fabric crafts.

After completing a degree in Business and Management, Julia qualified as a mathematics teacher at Cambridge University in 2001 and has worked in education ever since, teaching at schools and colleges across Sussex.

Julia has always sewn, knitted and crocheted and in 2006 she completed a Diploma in Art and Design, specialising in Fashion and Pattern Cutting.

In 2008 Julia began teaching creative crafts to adults at City College in Brighton (Now Greater Brighton Metropolitan College) and has also worked at a number of other adult education centres in the city.

In 2014 her first book 'The Overlocker Technique Manual' was published and has become a bestselling craft book. It is now available in six languages. Her second book 'The Coverstitch Technique Manual' was published in September 2021.

Julia's third book, 'The Beginner's Guide to Dressmaking' is now available for preorder and will be published in July 2026.

Julia teaches dressmaking classes at Made and Making in Hassocks, and runs monthly sewing weekends in Sussex.

You can find more about Julia and her latest projects on her website at House of Miss Sew.