Clothkits are back!!! Kay Mawer from Chichester is breathing life into the legendary British brand that started small in Lewes in the 1970s and grew and grew and grew and grew, and then went into hibernation.
I think there was a great divide in the town of my childhood between those who ‘did’ clothkits and those [...]
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Make Time – Clothkits Revival
Posted in Shop news!, Something caught my eye today, tagged cloth kits, Clothkits, dressmaking, Kay Mawer, kits, lucy wallis, make time, sewing, sweetie bracelet, sweetie necklace on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Su Blackwell’s book cut sculptures
Posted in Something caught my eye today, tagged art, book cut sculpture, su blackwell, www.beautifulthings.co.uk on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wow! Interestingly there is no talk of an Indian summer this year – more like early monsoons, and the heaviest of them right on cue at 8.45am and 3pm!!!!!!!!!! All those back on the school run nod knowingly as we pack our virtually un-worn vest tops away for another year.
On a more cheerful note (which [...]
Screen saver silliness
Posted in Something caught my eye today, tagged harvey nichols, inspiration, miscellaneous, screensavers on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have a day in London booked for tomorrow, just to fill me up and add inspiration to the new designs that are already brewing in my head.
In preparation I was doing some web-surfing and came across this absolutely bonkers screensaver downloadable from Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge. I’m sure that it is deeply subversive and [...]
Fantastic recycled greenhouse!
Posted in Garden chit chat, Something caught my eye today, tagged allotment, community projects, creative, food, gardening, greenhouse, recycled on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was down on our allotment plot today, trying to make it look as though someone loves it after a week or two of neglect – if it were a child I would be before the courts!
Whilst I was blitzing the weeds and harvesting potatoes, black currants, the first courgette, some stray onions, a handful [...]
Wierd and wonderful!
Posted in Something caught my eye today, tagged handmade, Hove, recycled on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was in a lovely little shop called ‘HOPE’ in Hove today, where they make all their own knitwear – literally in the shop, and picked up a great little leaflet for Crafty Creatures by marymoax.co.uk
http://www.marymoox.co.uk
The creatures themselves look gorgeous and all made from recycled bits and bobs – right up my street!
