Many will recognise Stuart Hillard from the first series of the BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee. But little did he know the show would change his life. Catherine Scott meets the avid quilter.

Stuart Hillard credits Miss Jenkins, his primary school teacher, for inspiring his love of patchwork.He can’t recall whether he was six or seven when she taught him to sew little hexagons of ...

Sandra Lavender, Lauren Guthrie and Ann Rowley will battle it out to become the first winners of the Great British Sewing Bee after Stuart Hillard bowed out of the competition at the semi-final stage.