Julia Pellizzari is a freelance surface pattern designer and illustrator with a background in Art Direction and Marketing based just outside of Chicago, IL.

Tulu Draws aka Sonia Whitehead is an illustrator and surface designer who went back to uni as a mature student (at 30) and graduated with a First Class Degree in Design from Hull University in 2012.

Anne Passchier is an illustrator from The Netherlands, who moved to the United States to attend Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, to pursue her dream of working in the surface design industry.

Belinda aka Bellenna Elm Studio enjoys creating a whimsical world around me through my art and doodles.

We’ve teamed up with Make it in Design to offer a prize to ONE very lucky reader – one free place on ‘The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design’ Module 2 class.

Gemma Davison graduated from Cleveland College of Art and Design in 2009 with a BA (HONS) in Textiles and Surface Design.

Stephanie Lawton is a freelance Surface Pattern designer, she gained her textiles education at the Manchester School of Art.

Nicky Ovitt has announced her new fabric line; Homestead and signed as a licensed artist for Seattle-based Clothworks Textiles.

Amy Brooks studied Contemporary Applied Arts at the University of Hertfordshire, specialising in Textile design.