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Arnolds Attic

The Stitchery of Catherine Hill, a Lancashire Lass

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Posted on 10th March 20143rd July 2018

Sewing box made by my Great Aunt Maggie.

This sewing box  was made post WWII by my Great Aunt Maggie for my mother. My Great Aunt was super at turning her hand to any form of craft. It was made as a Christmas gift at a time when rationing was still around and was lined with any salvaged fabric she could put her hands on.

sewing box, Great Aunt Maggie made for my mother.
Lining handmade form reclaimed materials

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Posted on 25th February 20142nd July 2018

Thread Rack – A rainbow of colour

Everyone Stitcher loves a thread rack.
A chance visit to a fellow friend on Freecycle, gave me the opportunity to create on for my Sewing Room.
thread rack out of up-cycled wood

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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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