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Inspiration: Gillian Bates

April 11, 2009 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

batesWhoa! You’ve got to check out the work of Gillian Bates — exquisite canvases of applique and freehand machine embroidery. The work shown here, Eastbourne Promenade, is “freehand Machine embroidery on white cotton canvas fabric using an ecelectic mix of reclaimed, recycled & new fabrics.” Beautiful and fascinating. See Gillian’s flickr stream.

And many thanks to Carina of feeling stitchy for sharing this discovery.

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