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Arnolds Attic

The Stitchery of Catherine Hill, a Lancashire Lass

Category: Embroidery

Posted on 14th April 20144th July 2018

A Nuno Felting Workshop….this is how the scarf started

Nuno Felting incorporates fabric and wool roving.
I started assembling the components I needed.
Silk fibres, wool roving, a very fine fabric as well as all the other wet felting kit.
Nuno Felting supplies

Nuno Felting – The Process

The scarf making starts with a very fine layer of Fine Merino

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Posted on 13th April 201426th September 2019

Darn it ! with Tom of Holland.

Tom of Holland is a very talented stitcher.
I had the best time yesterday at Hope & Elvis. A ‘make-do-and-mend’ retreat with the wonderful Tom of Holland  and his ‘Visible Mending Programme’.
Tom of Holland

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Posted on 11th April 20144th July 2018

A little bit of this, and a little bit of that….

A little bit of vintage paper, red thread and a vintage watch.
I’ve been stitching this project for a while.
vintage textiles, vintage bias tape, vintage paper, vintage watch and red thread

 

vintage textiles, vintage bias tape,
vintage paper, vintage watch and red thread
The bow was made a while ago and then added to this watch.
My latest brooch… I hope you like it.

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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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