This morning I took a walk in the sun to pick up a parcel. It turned out to be a rather large box, with some adorable stickers on it. If you read half as many craft blogs as I do this will look pretty familiar, it was actually seeing this skirt of Kate’s that finally got me to place my order – the coupon she sent me helped justify it too!
Recognise that little birdy? The box came from here, and inside were two beautifully wrapped kits and a lovely hand written note.
The green ribbon tying the first kit together quickly took up residence in my hair.
It’s stay was short, however, since it was replaced with this red one as soon as I unwrapped the second kit.
Unfortunately the only thing not included in these kits was the time to actually sew them. Sigh.
I have this pile looking at me accusingly too. I guess as their tagline suggests I’ll just have to make time. Is sleep actually required?
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Oh, so fun! I love packages like that! Enjoy the sewing.
OMG my mum used to get us Clothkit clothes when I was wee…still have a hat from 30+ years ago which has been passed onto various offspring! I didn’t know they were still around….thanks for posting this…I’m so excited….maybe I will attempt some sewing! Can’t wait to see your skirt!
haha, another clothkit kid here! Mum made us patchwork jackets that were just GORGEOUS. Had heard they were back :)
and YES sleep is required.
I love Clothkits too, my mum still has some of our old stuff. I recently made one of the new pinafores but haven’t blogged about it yet as it’s for a present.
Anyone interested in the ‘old’ Clothkits, I wrote a post 2 years ago about it and it’s probably been my most popular post ever, I’m so glad it has returned:
http://chatiryworld.typepad.com/chatiryworld/2006/07/clothkits.html
The daughter of the original Clothkits team has a fabric company called Noolibird and also designs sewing kits for Gossypium.
So you got a skirt (??) in a box to sew! How exciting. I didn’t know the idea of a kit existed. I am going to check this out. I love the sound of my sewing machine and the smell of it working (yes, it has a smell!). Thanks for this tidbit and the inspiration to pull my machine out of storage. Love those ribbons and the entire packaging scheme.
Clothkits still exists? Wow! I’m off to check them out!
I’m still looking for a site where they sell time, and when I see this a definitely need some. Love the fabric.
I grew up wearing Clothkits clothes! I noticed that they’d made a comeback and am very, very tempted by the Rob Ryan skirt. I hope yours turns out well.
Oh wow!!!!!!! I didn’t know about that place at all-I’m glad you posted about it!!!!!
I saw Kate’s skirt and loved it too, but I didn’t actually realise it came as a kit. It’s absolutely gorgeous!
me too! loads of my clothes were made from clothkits when i was wee. i had a really cool coat with toy animals hidden all over it! Had no idea they were still going, those skirts look fab! thanks for alerting me they are still going!
Ha, this is practically a Clothkits-kids reunion! I was dressed more or less head to toe in Clothkits as a child (as were most of my cousins – a slightly scary photo from my parents’ wedding shows us all in identical woolen Clothkits dresses, which our parents had bought completely independently of one another). It’s great to see that they’re back; I hope they reintroduce the gorgeous printed corduroy…
Ooops, I’m obviously even more short-sighted than I thought – some of the skirts are printed cord! I might choose to interpret this as fate prompting me to place and order.
Woohoo! I had the clothkits patchwork jacket with the animals too. My mum used to love clothkits when I was young. Thanks for letting me know that they’re back, I’m going to send my mum an e-mail now… (I rebelled against the itchy woolen dresses though).
Woohoo! I had the clothkits patchwork jacket with the animals too. My mum used to love clothkits when I was young. Thanks for letting me know that they’re back, I’m going to send my mum an e-mail now… (I rebelled against the itchy woollen dresses though).
I enjoyed reading everyone’s comments. I love how memories are dredged-up, sometimes, with only one word!
mmmm, lovely skirt! Hope you have fun making it. I could do with a few extra hours in the day, if you discover how to make *them*, please let me know!
I made lots of the Clothkits clothes for my sons and myself in the 70s. They had some useful knitting patterns too. I think I made about five of the saddle shoulder design jumpers for various members of the family.
I’ve had the Big Birdie skirt sitting in the study for ages. Hoping to find time to have a crack at it next week, although I’m a complete novice at sewing so I know I should really make a practice version with an old sheet first. Have fun with yours!
When I was browsing through the clothkit website, my eye caught this sentence at the bottom of their about page:
“And if you have an idea for a design do email us on keepmeposted@clothkits.co.uk as we are always on the look out for exciting new talent…”
I think you should go for it, Ysolda!
just checked out their site. love,love their stuff cant wait to see what you come up with.
I want a shopping chicken!!
Hi, Ysolda! I sent you an e-mail (to support@…) with a question about the Otto pattern but didn’t receive a reply. Did you see my original e-mail? If not, I can resend, let me know. Thanks!
Ha! I am a clothkits kid too, I was soooo excited to see them back again and have splurged on three little dresses for my girls. They are beautiful, I’m a bit sad I haven’t made something for myself….