Miniatura

​The Queen Elizabeth Dolls Houses stand at Miniatura is possibly the noisiest and untidiest stand at the show – and Kit Meggitt wouldn’t have it any other way! Kit has been running her workshops for many years – never the same one twice, and loves the fact that she has seen people return year after year to take part and learn something new. And what delights her especially is seeing the children growing up, practicing their crafts and enjoying the hobby.

Kit of Spalding in Lincolnshire says that the children are the future and her workshops are for all ages. At home she is always collecting things to re-use. “I’m not a hoarder,” Kit cheerfully says, “I’m just an undiscerning recycler!”

As well as running workshops, Kit is in great demand to do talks to dolls house groups. She will talk on the History of Dolls Houses, or on a more humorous note, a talk entitled, The Madness of Miniature Mania.

Kit says she blames her mother for her dolls house mania. Her father made her a dolls house when she was 6-years old. She loved it and was always making bits and pieces for it. But when she went off to art college her mum gave it away to a local family who were going through a difficult time and needed cheering up.

Kit admitted that she needed cheering up after losing her treasured dolls house. But she set about getting another… and another and another! At one point buying a ‘job lot’ of 50 dolls houses. She now has over 100 mostly in 1/12^th scale but a few in other scales too.

Kit is a keen volunteer for different charities, and loves involving herself with other people, finding that dolls houses and crafts are often at the heart of her volunteering. Over the years she has taken part in numerous events including the famous Spalding Parade and the Tulip Parade which she recalled as being a very exciting time as she was given a huge trailer for her dolls house display which included 5,000 hand-made tulips and being accompanied by about 14 children from local dolls house clubs that she belonged to.

Kit is looking forward to the September Miniatura at Stoneleigh and is currently deciding what themes her workshops will be on. She says: “My workshops might be noisy and untidy but we stay in line with Health & Safety! And so long as people laugh and have fun that’s all I ask for. I love craftspeople!”

An appeal!

Kit would like to make an appeal to a little girl who attended one of her workshops at last September’s Miniatura (2019). The girl whose name was Ella or Etta came from Nantwich with her family. They made Santa Clauses at the workshop. This girl who was about 7 or 8 later wrote a lovely letter to Kit – however, the letter went missing before Kit had chance to answer it and that has worried her ever since. So, if this young lady would like to contact Miniatura, Kit would love to hear from her again.