Thelma Madine is the tough Liverpudlian seamstress who makes the biggest, blingiest wedding dresses for the travelling community and is best known for her appearances on the popular series Big Fat Gypsy Weddings. Thelma wants to expand her business to keep up with demand and in an effort to give something give back to the community that helped make her name, she is hiring a group of gypsy and traveller girls as trainees.