Waxed canvas maker
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Slow sewing and plain lessons from the room above the harbour, every other Thursday.
Sew a Waxed Canvas Tote
Cut, sew and wax a tote bag from a flat pattern, with every step on camera.
Waxed Canvas Tote Pattern
A roomy tote with a flat base and two stitched handles, cut from one metre of canvas.
Wax and Thread
A short letter every other Thursday about one thing I sewed, one trick with wax and one walk in the rain.
Hello, I’m Marjun
I sew in a small room above the harbour in Klaksvík, with a wool jumper on the chair and the window open to the weather.
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Hello, I’m Marjun
I sew in a small room above the harbour in Klaksvík, with a wool jumper on the chair and the window open to the weather. I learned to sew from my grandmother, who made oilskins for the fishing boats, and I still wax my cloth the way she did, by rubbing in a block of wax by hand.
I draw every pattern on brown paper, sew it, wear it on the cliff path in the rain, and draw it again. Each pattern lists the pieces and the sizes, so you know what you are taking on. I film the sewing, and a new video comes every other Thursday.