Cathy’s quilts are often inspired by exploration and explorers. She has undertaken Endurance Expedition and Shackleton quilt commissions for the South Georgia Museum and the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, and for the second and third 'Yorkshire Ones in Antarctica' exhibitions at the Hull Maritime Museum in 2015 and at the Bridlington Spa in 2016.
In 2014 she completed a series of quilts based on the Terra Nova expedition of Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole using photographs by Herbert Ponting, which were exhibited at Sandown 2014 and then travelled to America with the World Quilt Competition as part of the UK entry. The third quilt in the series 'Uncle Bill' featuring Dr Edward Wilson, was exhibited at the National Quilt Championships in Sandown in June 2015. She has also recently completed an Edward Wilson themed work for the Wilson Museum and Art Gallery in Cheltenham and in February 2019 she presented a Captain Cook/Exploration piece to the Quilters' Guild Collection which will be on show as part of the Guild's 20 quilts, 20 makers virtual gallery at the Festival of Quilts in the summer of 2021.
Several of Cathy’s quilts have been collected by museums, including by the South Georgia Museum. Another of her quilts will feature in the South Georgia Museum exhibitions also marking the Quest Expedition centenary.
Cathy is passionate about South Georgia's heritage and has been a long-term supporter of the South Georgia Heritage Trust. Cathy shares her skills by regularly lecturing on quilting and textiles and on photography, and she donates the proceeds of her lectures to SGHT and/or the RNLI.
The Quest Quilt is 1 metre (40”) square.
