JAN BEANEY: is a designer, tutor and author well-known in the world of embroidery and stitches, especially as lecturer at the East Berkshire College. She travels all over the world - America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia teaching, exhibiting and inspiring with her innovative work. She is a well-known broadcaster, having presented a successful BBC series, and appeared on ITV's This Morning among other programmes. She has written many books for Batsford, and is now going into publishing with Jean Littlejohn - the imprint appropriately called Double Trouble - four volumes to date (available from The Embroiderer's Guild (020 8943 1229) Her videos in the Craft Collection are essential viewing: Stitch Images; Stitch Images 2; Design into Stitch; Inspirations.