Susan Bates

Susan Bates is a freelance designer and illustrator who is well known for her cross stitch designs. To date she has had 10 books published: 9 cross stitch books and one book on freestyle embroidery. She regularly works for cross stitch magazines in the UK, such as The World of Cross Stitching and Cross Stitcher . Other magazines she has designed for have included Cross Stitch Crazy, Cross Stitch Gold , Cross Stitch Card Shop , Inspirations , Discovering Needlework , Papercraft Inspirations and...See more

Susan Bates is a freelance designer and illustrator who is well known for her cross stitch designs. To date she has had 10 books published: 9 cross stitch books and one book on freestyle embroidery. She regularly works for cross stitch magazines in the UK, such as The World of Cross Stitching and Cross Stitcher . Other magazines she has designed for have included Cross Stitch Crazy, Cross Stitch Gold , Cross Stitch Card Shop , Inspirations , Discovering Needlework , Papercraft Inspirations and The Cross Stitch Collection . Susan also sells her designs to companies who produce cross stitch kits. For example, she has worked on a set of floral designs for Creative World of Crafts. She produces designs for the US company Craftways and she has worked on a number of designs for DMC. Susan studied Fine Art and gained a degree from Bath College of Higher Education. She later trained as an art teacher, taking a PGCE in Art and Design. She loves many different types of crafts and is an avid knitter and crocheter. She also works as a freelance knitting and crochet teacher at Sew in Brighton. See less