Katie, Author at Arnolds Attic

23rd December 202517th January 2026

Seasons Greetings for 2025

Warmest Seasons Greetings!

Thank you so much for your support this year and your enthusiasm shown for fellow textile artists on my YouTube channel – every like, comment and share makes such a difference.

Wishing you a peaceful festive season and a bright, creative New Year!

Darning Workshops for 2026

Would you like to join me in a Darning Workshop in 2026?

I’ve had quite a few enquiries about hand stitching workshops so I’m currently making plans for some in 2026.

If you’d like more information, email me at me@catherinehill.art and I’ll keep you updated when I have more to share.

Darning Sampler 2 - Cloth — Darning Sampler 2 – Cloth

‘A Way with Words’ Artist Talk

I’ve opened up my booking diary for 2027 and 2028 for talks and have a few dates available for 2026. I’m based in Crewe and have family in Hertfordshire so I’m happy to travel from either location.

The PowerPoint talk is called ‘A Way with Words’ and shares an insight into how I design and create my hand stitched text based work. I prefer to use your group’s projector if available, but I’m happy to bring my own. I also bring along some original hand stitched pieces for you to see up close, plus a selection of goodies for sale.

If you’d like more information, email me at me@catherinehill.art.

Greeting Cards and Giclée Fine Art Prints

Thank you for all your purchases this year and as an update, Giclée Fine Art Prints of Summer 2022 Part 1 & 2 are now available to order on my online shop https://www.catherinehill.art .

All prints are printed to order, unmounted and include a signed and embossed Certificate of Authenticity.

More prints are planned for the coming year.

The Yorkshire Gallery

Thank you to owner Paul and all the customers at The Yorkshire Gallery for your support in 2025.

A new Christmas delivery of greeting cards and Giclée Fine Art Prints arrived at The Yorkshire Gallery, Unit 26, The Piece Hall, Halifax HX1 1RE this December.

Each print has always come with a signed and embossed Certificate of Authenticity. This new batch of prints features an updated certificate that also includes a paragraph or two with a story about the print.

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Sara Impey – Meet the Artist

Sara Impey specialises in textile artworks inspired by traditional quilt-making techniques, incorporating free-machine stitched lettering. A former journalist, Impey writes her own material, allowing her to play with language visually and use the quilted surface to comment on contemporary issues.

Quilt by Sara Impey — Free machine stitched text

In this video Sarah shares her ‘Context’ exhibition with us.

Sara Impey: https://www.saraimpey.com

Sara Impey

A recurring theme in Sara Impey’s practice is the power of words—their ability to persuade, inspire, and sometimes mislead. In an era increasingly defined by contested narratives, her work highlights the importance of language and its impact. At the same time, she celebrates the legacy of needlework, honoring the craftsmanship and creative spirit of generations of quilters and embroiderers. Her pieces often explore the process of making itself, offering a stitcher’s-eye view into the construction of textile art.

Primarily working in wall-hung quilts, Impey occasionally ventures into three-dimensional forms, embracing new creative challenges. Her work is exhibited nationally and internationally and has received numerous accolades. Impey’s quilts are held in major public collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the International Quilt Museum, and The Quilters’ Guild Collection.

She is a member of the pan-European group Quilt Art and an honorary member of The Quilters’ Guild. Her book, Text in Textile Art, was published by Batsford in 2013.

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Fez Art Residency Experience

I feel very honoured to have been selected for a week’s residency in Fez. Time here has been a blur and flown by way too quickly and the Fez Art Residency experience has been more than I could ever have wished for.

With food, social history, language & dialect inspiring my own work I came to Fez with an open mind, not knowing where the residency would take me. Within days of arriving I felt myself slowing down and falling into the pace of life within the Medina.

Everyone and everything here works in a symbiotic rhythm starting with the beautiful voice of the Fajr (Dawn Prayer).

Best bits

The adventure of getting lost in the heart of the Medina.

Drinking Moroccan mint tea with new friends at Dar Drouj.

Sharing my embroidery with the students at L’École des Métiers d’Art Shems’y (The Shems’y School of Crafts).

The central courtyard at the L'École des Métiers d'Art Shems'y (The Shems'y School of Crafts) — The central courtyard at the L’École des Métiers d’Art Shems’y (The Shems’y School of Crafts)

Playing and experimenting with the local cactus ‘silk’ thread.

Cactus silk thread Fez Art Residency Experience — Cactus silk thread

Sharing a button shopping trip with friends – we had the poor shopkeeper up and down his ladder hunting for buttons in every shape and colour of the rainbow.

What I discovered

Working with a needle and thread is a universal skill & language. I’ve found myself chatting in broken English/French/Arabic to communicate and share my appreciation for the skills of local weavers and craftsmen – and also with two local ladies at a Fasi embroidery market stall with all three of us cooing over the thread work.

Fez Art Residency Experience local weavers — Local weavers

Inspiration is everywhere within the Medina and every craftsman uses their local culture to decorate and embellish their handwork – from textiles and mosaics, to metal and woodworking.

Fez Art Residency Experience wood craftsman's workshop — Woodworker’s workshop

What enriched the experience

Waking to the Fajr (Dawn Prayer) and watching the shadows and colours change with the sunrise and later the sunset over the Atlas mountains.

Experiencing daily life away from the busy main streets full of tourists and being completely submerged in the culture.

Within a radius of 100 meters of my front door I met several craftsmen in their workshops – hand stitching embellishments on garments, making cords and tassels with Cactus ‘silk’, and cutting and making leather purses.

Saying ‘Shukran’ as I bought my morning bread from the local baker.

Fez Art Residency Experience. Local baker. — Local baker.

I’ve found the whole experience incredibly enriching and it’s made me think differently about aspects of my work.

Watch this space.

Thank you to Peter at The Fez Art Residency for this opportunity and to my friend Lynne – fellow residency artist and fellow member of Prism Textiles – for making this a week I’ll never forget.

Author: Katie