Merchant & Mills
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Merchant & Mills
Piglet Indian Cotton
$32.00Delicate vintage style Indian block print in pink and green.
Suitable for tops, loose fitting trousers and shorts, and dresses and skirts with fullness.
Traditional hand block and dye techniques are used to make this wonderful rural cloth. Indian cloths are sometimes susceptible to irregularities in the weave, this is all part of their charm and are not classed as flaws.
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Merchant & Mills
Huckleberry Indian Cotton
$32.00Floral Indian block print in green pink and purple.
Suitable for tops, loose fitting trousers and shorts, and dresses and skirts with fullness.
Traditional hand block and dye techniques are used to make this wonderful rural cloth. Indian cloths are sometimes susceptible to irregularities in the weave, this is all part of their charm and are not classed as flaws.
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Fern Dry Oilskin
$65.00Best quality dry oilskin made in the UK.
A dark olive green. The finish is drier and crisper than our other oilskins with a matte appearance. Unlike normal oilskin there would be no oil transfer, so you don’t need to line your garment or bag.
This type of oilskin is water resistant, so this means that the water doesn’t completely run off it, but it won’t come through to the other side either.
All our oilskins are sent folded unless otherwise requested.
Sewing tips: We recommend sewing with a denim needle and 100% polyester/sew all thread. -
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Rust Dry Oilskin
$65.00Best quality dry oilskin made in the UK.
A rust orange shade. The finish is drier and crisper than our other oilskins with a matte appearance. Unlike normal oilskin there would be no oil transfer, so you don’t need to line your garment or bag.
This type of oilskin is water resistant, so this means that the water doesn’t completely run off it, but it won’t come through to the other side either.
All our oilskins are sent folded unless otherwise requested.
Sewing tips: We recommend sewing with a denim needle and 100% polyester/sew all thread. -
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Magenta Dry Oilskin
$65.00Best quality dry oilskin made in the UK.
A vibrant magenta pink. The finish is drier and crisper than our other oilskins with a matte appearance. Unlike normal oilskin there would be no oil transfer, so you don’t need to line your garment or bag.
This type of oilskin is water resistant, so this means that the water doesn’t completely run off it, but it won’t come through to the other side either.
All our oilskins are sent folded unless otherwise requested.
Sewing tips: We recommend sewing with a denim needle and 100% polyester/sew all thread. -
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The Scout
$24.00 – $42.00The Scout is a neat shirt or dress with optional tie. The dress has in-seam pockets.
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Prussian Blue 8oz Organic Sanded Twill
$49.00This organic cotton has a fine twill with a soft sanded finish on one side. It would be ideal for trousers, dungarees and dresses that require some structure ie not a gathered waist, as well as lighter weight jackets and bag linings. It has a utility look and feel to it.
FYI this twill is from a new supplier so if you have ordered this before this batch is different.
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Fabric Composition
Sweeps Scrim 185 European Laundered Linen
$55.00European laundered linen, tumbled at the mill for softness. Jet black.
The cloth is a light/medium weight linen that works with so many of our patterns. It sews up gathered dresses, skirts, shirts and loose fitting trousers beautifully.
Produced in small batches in Eastern Europe where there is a strong heritage of spinning and weaving linen fabric.
*Model photo to show how our 185 linen range sews up. Ellis dress in Goodnight 185.
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Embroidery Add On
$7.50A PDF pattern for the front panel of the Honey dress.
The design is by Evie May Adams, and the embroidery for this sample was beautifully stitched by Becky Hogg.
For our version we used No 712 DMC Stranded Cotton x 2 with a No 7 embroidery needle. There are various methods you can use for transferring the design, which we’ve listed in the download. For our version we printed the design onto tracing paper, then covered the tracing paper in lots of layers of tailor’s chalk, this way you just draw over the reverse on the cloth and it pushes the chalk onto the cloth.
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The Honey
$24.00 – $37.50Channelling the free spirits of the 1970’s, The Honey is a maxi sundress made for lazy days. Featuring a neat, mitred bodice and a gently elasticated back. Choose bold patterns, little prints or plains for distinctively different looks.
Our embroidery design for the centre panel is an additional PDF pattern. The design is by Evie May Adams, and the embroidery for this sample was beautifully stitched by Becky Hogg.
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Merchant & Mills
The Niven
$24.00 – $37.50A classic shirt-dress or shirt featuring a bib, grandad collar and cuffed sleeves. Dress has in-seam pockets.
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The Lilian
$17.00 – $26.00A simple slip dress to wear under dresses that are a little sheer. It can also be a nightdress. We designed this slip dress as lots of our Indian handlooms are semi sheer so this gives you an extra bit of coverage.
