This weekend top Clothkittens Anne and Nikki will be running a workshop at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Not only is a fantastic place to be working in, but it is also a joy to meet likeminded people that love to sew. And combined with the opportunity to have another look at Rob Ryan’s exhibition currently on show there it is what an American friend of mine would term… READ MORE

We have been giggling here a great deal this last week or so. Must be the Christmas spirit! We have been very fortunate in having Angela (Winchester School of Art Graduate) here as our intern and she has the top job of rifling through and organizing our vintage and archive collections of both kits, made clothing and all associated paperwork. In trying to come up with a… READ MORE

I had a fab message in this week from Sarah Cassie with a great bit of then and now. Sarah, who is a textiles teacher, has been recycling some of her mum's vintage Clothkits pieces into new dresses for her gorgeous daughter. The little blue dress was once-upon-a-time a sundress identical to the one in the picture below (apparently Mrs Cassie Snr loved it so much she had… READ MORE

Many congratulations to Amy Routh and the opening of her gorgeous new shop in Columbus Ohio, USA. And such good taste to be stocking Clothkits too! Amy is stocking a range of kits for little people including the Funky Chicken pinnys and Birdie shift dress kits. Opening in August 2009, read about her journey into business here. So if the UK is too far for… READ MORE

After pawing through the many fantastic designs in Clothkits' latest textile competition, a design by Sussex based illustrator Zoe Tucker was selected. Her quirky response to the brief shouted 'Clothkits' and charmed us all with its sense of fun. Zoe, who fought off over 300 other submissions said that her inspiration was ‘simply my feeling upon getting home to sunny Brighton – after my daily commute to grim old London’… READ MORE