Jacqui Pearce writes a monthly trend column for Cross Stitcher magazine. She also runs two flourishing online ventures: craft line JacquiP (www.jacquip.co.uk) and award-winning international lifestyle business Pearl and Earl (www.pearlandearl.com). Jacqui has collaborated with Dame Jacqueline Wilson on a craft commission, launched in 2011, and has a limited edition collection in Liberty of London. Jacqui studied textiles at Manchester University, where she won a scholarship with ICI to teach fashion textiles in Australia. She spent over 13 years working in the British fashion world as a buyer, design director and trend tracker, and still has a prestigious list of consulting clients. In 2003 she moved to West Sussex, England, launching her first business venture and design agency.