Meet the Team

Carolyn
Carolyn is our owner and founder, and our main tutor here.
Carolyn trained as a teacher at Sheffield Hallam University specialising in Art and Textiles.  After leaving Sheffield Hallam she spent a year in Switzerland studying Art and Textiles in Zurich. On returning to the UK she started her teaching career in Coventry and spent the next 25 years teaching sewing and dressmaking in schools and adult learning centres. During this time she studied for her BA degree with the Open University.
After raising her family she was inspired to start her private sewing school in 2010 to share her passion for sewing in a relaxed and friendly environment. Carolyn teaches children, teenagers and adults and specialises in beginners to sewing, and dressmaking.
  
  
Grace
Grace is one of our lovely shop assistants and in house tech expert! She graduated from the theatre and performance design BA at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. There, she created set and costume designs for theatre and musicians.
@grace_e_evans

Vicki

Vicki is one of our lovely shop assistants. She only started sewing 2 years ago - attending the Beginners to Sewing, Beginners and Improvers to Clothes Making courses here at Carolyn Rose. She loves challenging herself and adding to her sewing skills, making clothes for her and her kids. If she looks familiar, you may recognise her from her other role as a Pilates instructor for a local studio!
@vickisewsstuff


Sarah
Sarah Laws is one of our lovely external teachers who teaches the pattern cutting and alteration workshops. She designs MHW patterns and works in her studio in The Makers Yard in Leicester. She trained in fashion design at Westminster university before working in the fashion design industry for 7 years. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience to enable everyone to make their own clothes and feel great about their bodies and skills.
@mhwpatterns

Carmen
Carmen is the youngest member of our team and has been with us (as a student first) since she was a little girl. Carmen is currently taking a break from working for us to study Fashion at Westminster University. She inspires us every weekend with the beautiful clothes that she makes. When taking breaks from University you might see her running one of her popular children's holiday classes or in the shop.
@cam.fashionstudent

Maz

Maz is one of our lovely workshop tutors.  She is a qualified teacher that originally came from a background working in adult mental health therapy.  After starting a family and the Covid pandemic, she chose to reevaluate her work-life balance and found Carolyn Rose at exactly the right time.  She has been sewing since the age of seven and is now excited to share her passion with others in workshops and is always keen to talk sewing with anybody!  Outside of tutoring, Maz tests new patterns for adults and children, makes clothing samples and writes sewing blogs for other companies.

@mazzlesmakes