Hello, Thank you for taking the time to stop by and have a look at my website; I hope you see something which inspires and motivates you or simply something to enjoy.
As you will see, my work embodies a range of materials from paper, tea and coffee bags and old fabrics, anything that can be stitched into. Alongside dyeing and printing fabric, I love to embroider either by hand or machine.
I grew up with a mother who was always sewing and knitting. My sister and I had summer dresses, school jumpers, hats and scarves that were made with love. The dining table had linen that was embroidered by her, my father's socks were always hand knitted.
No wonder then that I picked up on this creativity and was encouraged to follow this line of work.
I went to college, and studied industrial methods of manufacturing, pattern cutting and tailoring.
This led to working in the industry, for the prestigious clothing company Aquascutum.
Marriage and family came along. I was still keeping the creativity going, making clothes for my children.
As the children grew older, I was fortunate enough to retrain as a teacher of textiles. This fitted perfectly with family life and took me in another direction.
The flower pictures all started a few years ago when I wanted to give my sister a special house warming present. I dyed old linen sheets that belonged to our Grandmother. Inspiration came from our Father's garden which was filled with flowers and vegetables.
My life is now, different again. The children have left home, I have time to spend experimenting and developing my style of work. I am lucky enough to have a room which I use as a studio where I am exploring the use of paper, tea and coffee bags alongside hand and machine embroidery. There is a granddaughter to sew for and sometimes a special request for a superman cape!
I keep a visual diary of my work on Instagram, where I post daily about my work.
There is a shop tab, here you can find a selection of my unique greeting cards.
Whether you are a budding artist, someone looking for some great art work or would just like further
information, then please contact me. I would love to hear from you, Catherine.
As you will see, my work embodies a range of materials from paper, tea and coffee bags and old fabrics, anything that can be stitched into. Alongside dyeing and printing fabric, I love to embroider either by hand or machine.
I grew up with a mother who was always sewing and knitting. My sister and I had summer dresses, school jumpers, hats and scarves that were made with love. The dining table had linen that was embroidered by her, my father's socks were always hand knitted.
No wonder then that I picked up on this creativity and was encouraged to follow this line of work.
I went to college, and studied industrial methods of manufacturing, pattern cutting and tailoring.
This led to working in the industry, for the prestigious clothing company Aquascutum.
Marriage and family came along. I was still keeping the creativity going, making clothes for my children.
As the children grew older, I was fortunate enough to retrain as a teacher of textiles. This fitted perfectly with family life and took me in another direction.
The flower pictures all started a few years ago when I wanted to give my sister a special house warming present. I dyed old linen sheets that belonged to our Grandmother. Inspiration came from our Father's garden which was filled with flowers and vegetables.
My life is now, different again. The children have left home, I have time to spend experimenting and developing my style of work. I am lucky enough to have a room which I use as a studio where I am exploring the use of paper, tea and coffee bags alongside hand and machine embroidery. There is a granddaughter to sew for and sometimes a special request for a superman cape!
I keep a visual diary of my work on Instagram, where I post daily about my work.
There is a shop tab, here you can find a selection of my unique greeting cards.
Whether you are a budding artist, someone looking for some great art work or would just like further
information, then please contact me. I would love to hear from you, Catherine.
