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Arnolds Attic

The Stitchery of Catherine Hill, a Lancashire Lass

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Posted on 21st July 201426th September 2019

Shirt Collar Exhibition 2014

My visit to the Shirt Collar Exhibition at the Shell House Gallery, was everything I thought it would be. I’ve been following the lead up to it for some time, and finally manged to see the work on the last date of the exhibition.

Shirt Collar Exhibition at the Shell House Gallery

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Posted on 11th June 20148th July 2018

A Weekend of Stitching with Jessie Chorley at Hope and Elvis.

It’s now Wednesday, and I am still on a high from the weekend of stitching at the Jessie Chorley workshops at Hope and Elvis.

Stitching - at Hope and Elvis studio

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Posted on 22nd May 20145th July 2018

Vintage Finds and Inspiration

For me, a shopping trip to any vintage shop is a time for inspiration and an opportunity to think creatively about texture, colour and style.

Vintage Inspiration

Every box or shelf holds the key to the start of a new project,  just like these black and white  zig-zag lines which caught my eye.

Inspiration zig zag lines

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Welcome to Arnold’s Attic

The blog of Lancashire Lass, Catherine Hill.

Catherine is a multi-award-winning contemporary textile artist based in the UK.  Her artistic vision is drawn from her childhood memories growing up in the English county of Lancashire in the 1970’s.Her red hand embroidered textile art has been exhibited across the UK, USA, Germany, Switzerland, Ukraine, Brazil, Bulgaria and Australia.

Catherine is a film maker. Search Google ‘YouTube Arnolds Attic’ and discover the wonderful work of other textile artists.

Arnold’s Attic is named after a vintage textile collection she was gifted by an old family friend called Arnold. His family had worked in the Lancashire textile mills for generations. The collection had been stored in his attic.

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