Karen Ball writes at Did You Make That, an international and award-shortlisted sewing blog that has been featured in The Guardian, The Bookseller, Sewing World, Love Sewing and Sew magazines. Karen has more than 25 years' experience in publishing and is author of over 20 children's books. She runs the publishing consultancy, Speckled Pen, and was nominated as a The Bookseller Rising Star 2017.