Author: 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 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.