This is defo one of my favourite lockdown makes! I’ve made lots of jeans (soon to come to the blog) but for lounging around the house, which I’ve been doing since March, these are fast becoming a go-to which I reach for!

This is, of course, the Marilla Walker Roberts Dungarees. I have made them before, in mustard corduroy and I also wear those loads! I made the size 2 and didn’t bother with the mini button placket on the left hand side as I sewed it shut on the corduroy ones anyway and I find there’s enough ease for me to get them on and off without the opening.

The denim is the same fabric I used for my first pair of Dawn Jeans and was a present from my friend, from her mother-in-law’s stash. She sent me almost 4m so it was enough for jeans, these dungarees and a Cleo! Love it when you can make ALL THE THINGS, especially as this denim is nice and soft.

With my other pair of Roberts Dungarees I made a permanent turn-up but with these I took up a 7cm hem and can fold up a turn-up (which stays) or not as the mood takes me.

I particularly like the shape of these dungarees from the side and the back.

I’m definitely living my best adult toddler life in these dungarees!

Instead of adding buttons (I used jeans buttons on my other pair, I made button holes on the body of the dungarees big enough to get the straps through – luckily these straps are pretty thin. I then just tie the straps through the buttons holes, kind of like the Lucy and Yak dungarees I see everywhere online. I would maybe make the straps a little longer if I did this again.

I again added the chest pocket (stolen from the Cleo dungaree dress) as it’s just so useful! Particularly for listening to podcasts while I’m sewing/walking around the flat!

I did the traditional jeans-style top-stitching on these to highlight all of the design details and to make them more like jeans.

I used this nice white with blue cotton as the lining for the bib front. It’s actually from an old Aster shirt I made (which I literally never wore!) which I was planning to refashion for ages and never got around to so I cut it up for this and for pocket linings.

Have you been sewing comfortable lockdown clothes while we’ve been in quarantine? I’ve been sewing a mixture so I’ve got stuff to wear when I have to go out into the world and can’t just sit around my house any more!