The Stitchery of Catherine Hill, a Lancashire Lass
I’m pleased to announce that a digital print of Sound of the Kenwood Chef will be on exhibition at Print It 2022. The mixed-media exhibition takes place at Aire Place Studios, Unit 2C, Aire Place Mills, Kirkstall Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS3 1JL, Monday 4th April – Friday 8th April 2022.
Please visit the gallery to purchase an exhibition catalogue.
Summer 76 is my latest hand embroidery created about my childhood memories.
Who remembers the summer of 1976?
When I first started designing the piece my intentions were to share a vivid childhood memory from the hottest summer of the ‘70’s. By the time I was stitching it, I saw the work in a different way.
Looking back on it now the signs of Global Warming were there for all to see.
I was 7 years old at the time. To me it was a summer of sun, fun and standpipes. I was oblivious to the water crisis growing all around me resulting in the Drought Act on 6th August 1976 – creating emergency powers to reduce or turn off domestic and industrial water supplies.
Size 21 x 21cm. Hand embroidered, hand stitched. Vintage Sylko thread, cotton cloth.
This piece forms part of a body of work about my Lancashire roots.
In Stitch Magazine Issue 134, on page 44, you’ll discover a brilliant article by editor Kat McDonnell featuring the winning artworks in the Embroiderers’ Guild Members’ Challenge 2021 – ‘Exquisite Containers’ – including my little Matchbox Challenge piece..
Here’s a sneak peek inside.
Let the new issue of Stitch brighten your days with beautiful embroidery. Enjoy all sorts of different takes and exciting makes to kick-start your stitching mojo over the winter months. Get your copy here: bit.ly/stitchissues
When this embroidery was completed in early 2021, Lockdown was in place, and the Guild had put any thoughts of exhibiting the artworks on the back burner. Since then, the collection of ‘Exquisite Container’ artworks has been on public display at the London and Harrogate, Knitting and Stitching Shows.