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SHORT FACTS

Name: Mai Ehrnell

Age: 84

Lives in: Örebro, Sweden

Occupation: Seamstress

Known for: Designing and sewing the Sindy clothes sold at The Little Sindy Shop on Etsy

I think an apron in jeans fabric is both stylish and practical for Sindy!

I’ve been given a lot of jeans trousers that friends were to throw away but instead I can use the still good parts of the garment to sew small things like aprons, bags and such for Sindy and bags or oven gloves for humans.

I wanted to sew a nice little dress for Sindy and I liked the model but I thought something was missing.

Then I came up with an idea of a sweet hat in an old style. This made the garment complete and Sindy doesn’t get the sun in her eyes!

I wanted to make something for Sindy to wear on festive occasions. I looked in my fabric closet but it took me some time to find a fabric I thought was nice enough. But luckily I found a black fabric with golden pattern on. That was perfect!

I created a top in that fabric and I wanted the outfit to have a full length wide skirt in black. To make variations able, I also wanted some kind of jacket. I found a golden/yellow velvet fabric that I created boleros out of.

I was very pleased!

To sew a coat in tiny sizes can be a bit tricky since they preferable should have lining.

But I found felt fabric in different colours and didn’t feel the need for it to have lining inside. I used the different colours of the fabric to create different details so each coat is unique!

I had some different striped fabrics and I decided to make something fun with the stripes. I put them in different directions and the dresses got a more interesting design,that way.

I was very satisfied with the end result!

I wanted to create a somewhat Austrian dress with nice puff sleeves in white fabric and the rest of the dress in colour.

The dress can look a bit more festive if you don’t use the apron. But to get the exact design I was after I needed an apron for the outfit.

Here I wanted to create a warm and cozy winter coat with a hood for Sindy. When I went through my fabric closet I found soft fleece in different colours and also a tiny piece of white fur.

I was very lucky that the fur piece was big enough so I could give all the coats the details I wanted!

The coats also looked very cute on SIndy and this model was a favourite in the shop.

I got an idea about a skirt with ruffle and suspenders. I found a lot of small pieces of fabrics that would be great for this.

Since most of those fabrics had different colours in them I picked out monochrome coloured fabrics to make matching blouses to go with the skirts. To make them a bit more fun I gave them buttons in another colour that also matched the colour of the skirts.

I wanted to make a nice outfit for Sindy with a jacket and a matching short skirt.

To make it more easy to vary I made a loose fur collar and a belt in suede, that also can be removed.

I’ve created this model in a lot of different fabrics through the years. It’s been very popular!

This time I wanted to create a somewhat more Scandinavian old country styled outfit. To give it the more old time feeling I made head shawls in the same fabric as the dress.

To my happiness the customers liked it a lot!

I wanted to knit a sweater with a slit and collar for Sindy but didn’t have any knit description and wasn’t sure what size on the knitting needles I should use. I used 2 1/2 mm and it worked.

I wasn’t sure if I would be able to create a sweater all on my own but I was happy with the end result! While I still had the courage I made matching hats too and I was very satisfied with how they looked!