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Christine Green – Meet the Artist

A little textile inspiration from my YouTube Textile Collection. Today it features the colourful & frugal, Improv Quilts of Christine Green.

Christine’s improv patchwork is inspired by the philosophy of the Gees Bend Quilters. Every scrap of salvaged cloth is used. She sources discarded cloth and preloved garments to make her colourful art quilts.

The garments are washed and cut up. Nothing is wasted. Christine uses shirt buttons, pockets, cuffs and plackets to make layers of interest in each piece of work.

Christine worked for the BBC as a Graphic Designer and now uses her love of colour and pattern to create her organic improv quilts.

patchwork quilt made from old denim jeans and other cotton cloth by Christine Green
Inspired by Gees Bend – patchwork quilt made from old denim jeans and mixed salvaged cloth
Inspired by Gees Bend - patchwork quilt made from old denim jeans and mixed salvaged cloth
Detail from denim quilt by Christine Green
Patchwork made from old cotton shirts - red white and blue striped cloth
Patchwork made from old cotton shirts
Patchwork made from old cotton shirts - pockets, plackets, labels and cuffs are made into patchwork
Pockets, plackets, labels and cuffs are made into patchwork

You can see more improv patchwork in my previous post about Modern Quilter Sarah Hibbert.

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‘The Sound of the Kenwood Chef’ has Won an Award

Very happy news. I’ve been ‘Commended for the Beryl Dean Award for Hand Embroidery’ for my work “The Sound of the Kenwood Chef”. The piece was my submission to this year’s The Embroiderers’ Guild UK Members’ Challenge. I can’t stop smiling.

Allowing for the current Covid 19 situation, the plan is that all the Challenge artworks will be on exhibition at a future Knitting & Stitching Show.

The final stitch in a red and white embroidery called The Sound of the Kenwood Chef
The final stitch
A red and white embroidery called The Sound of the Kenwood Chef describing in embroidered text, my Mum baking on a Saturday morning.
AAhe sound of the Kenwood Chef

You are welcome to browse through some of my earlier pieces – ‘Take Time to Smell the Roses’, ‘Cheese and Onion Pie‘ & ‘Time for Tea‘.

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Running Stitch Pocket Pattern – A Collaboration Project

It’s been a very busy time for me during Lockdown. I’ve had the pleasure of chatting with some amazing artists for my YouTube Channel and I’ve also been working on a design for a collaboration project. I was approached by Sue from Cut Couture Kit, who designs the most beautiful linen garments. The idea was to create an embroidery pattern for the button pockets that appear on her garments. The result is the Running Stitch Pocket Pattern, which you can download by clicking the ‘Download’ button below. There’s also a step by step YouTube to guide you through the process.

Running Stitch Pocket Pattern – Template & InstructionsDownload

When I first read the brief, my first thought was to created a pattern suitable for beginners yet also had the potential to be adapted for more experienced stitchers.

The pattern creates a double dashed border, which sits perfectly centrally on the pocket. Its simplicity works beautifully with the linen, especially when the stitching is continued into the topstitching of the garment. The design can also be evolved to provide a ‘frame’ for your own unique textile art and embellishments.

Running Stitch Pocket hand embroidered in red thread on the Suzi Bag with a white linen garment hand embroidered in red thread by Catherine Hill Textile Artist
Running Stitch Pocket on the Suzi Bag. Tunic hand embroidered by Catherine Hill.

The pattern was created to compliment my own embroidery as Catherine Hill Textile Artist.

We would love to see your creations so please share your work on Instagram using #runningstitchpocket.

Tag your images @arnolds_attic & @cutcouturekit

Linen Suzi Bag Kit
Suzi Bag Kit
Running stitch, hand embroidered in red thread on a linen pocket on a garment
Running Stitch Pocket on the Hilary Culottes