About Cyndy Kitt Productions

"Cyndy Kitt Productions" is the business name of Cyndy Kitt Vogelsang (that would be me) and represents all my creative professional enterprises from clothing & costume, writing & since about 2010, sourcing quality parts for vintage sewing machines.

I have worked in (and out) of the rag trade (AKA clothing industry) since 1981 (aged 15) I have been a costumier, wardrobe mistress, fashion designer, sample hand, pattern cutter, performer, writer, travelled, studied and much more besides.

I've always wanted to study and collect vintage and antique treadle sewing machines, but it was only when my Anne Bonny's Locker (Anne Bonny was a pirate) business associate opened a vintage furniture store in Goulburn (now closed) in 2008 that I was finally able to realise this desire; I still don't have the means or space to keep the machines forever, but after renovating them I sell them to new loving homes fully working and kitted out with everything needed for sewing including a new belt, bobbins (when possible), needles and a suitable manual, usually a digitally restored copy of the original.

I started importing parts and accessories suited to vintage and antique sewing machines in 2010 when I was not able find a reliable local wholesaler or supplier and have been building my business on eBay ever since.

In May 2018 I revived the Anne Bonny's Locker name and opened a new store in beautiful downtown Nowra NSW. In November 2022 I signed the lease on a new shop in Hawthorn Victoria and in December 2022 I said goodbye to my Nowra store forever (though not the dear friends I have made there). The Locker will evolve to suit its new location in Hawthorn and I am very pleased to welcome my friend Mike who is operating his own business "Mike & the Mechanicals" at the rear of the shop and offering fully reconditioned vintage machines for sale at the front.

Sailpunk is a bit of anachinistic fun born of my love of swashbuckling adventures. My designes for the Bone Couture range were heavily influenced by what I would now call a "Sailpunk" aesthetic.