RIVETING
May 17, 2012Saddle Leather Bag Strap
Tools for the Job
May 14, 2012A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.
Robert Hughes
Merchant & Mills Merchandise
December 26, 2011We are proud to present our new range of porcelain mugs, three eyetests, The seamstress and Hand Sewn for you to take inspiration from over your morning cuppa. As soon as we have stock, you’ll find these beauties in the shop.
Tools for Life
December 26, 2011Scissors are a wondrous invention and we take our hats off to the anonymous early inventor of such a cunning tool. There are so many scissors on the market, so many choices and a lot of confusion. We have, over the years, tried many of them.
When it came to putting together a range of scissors for Merchant & Mills we decided to go back to the city most associated with quality cutting tools: Sheffield. We went to a factory that supplies Saville Row – our great street of British Tailors, and chose some tools that will last a lifetime. Our Philosophy is: buy once – quality will be remembered long after the price is forgotten.
Tailor’s Shears 10″
Our 10” Scissors from Sheffield are chromed by a unique process, giving the blades a sharp, smooth knife edge. They can be sharpened again and again.
Buttonhole Scissors
The buttonhole scissors are superbly useful for cutting through any thick fabric or layers. With their over sized handles and short sharp blades they handle trimming away and buttonholes in thick fabric like no small sewing scissors can.
Thread Clips
The name says it all. Stash them beside your sewing machine or dangle them from you index finger like a gunslinger. They make it swift and simple to rid yourself of all those pesky threads. Fine blades cut close to the fabric giving a neat, perfect thread-free finish to all your dressmaking.
Pinking Shears
Made in Italy and finished in Sheffield, these 8” pinking shears are very high quality scissors with traditional black enamelled handles. They are a rare find, beautifully sharp right to the tips.
Wide Bow Scissors
Wide bow scissors means that the hole for your fingers is extra large, allowing for accurate and firm control. At just 4″ (10cm) long they are extremely sharp and endlesly useful a deep, permanent black steel.
World of Interiors
December 26, 2011The World of Interiors – April 2011
Cloth Magazine
December 26, 2011The perfect pattern indeed!
Packaged by Hands
December 26, 2011We are Merchant & Mills. Our packaging reflects the company ethos of sound design with a nod to the past. By using strong images and announcing the product titles in bold, capital letters, it reaches both sides of the brain at once: the visual right and the pragmatic, linguistic left. It is futile to resist. It works on me. It makes me want the things inside the package. I am reminding you to covet.
You know you want it
Our utilitarian approach continues a long tradition of clear, bold packaging using everyday materials: white labels, small brown envelopes and folded paper in varying configurations. And quite a lot of black ink.
We like stark design and clear words. We reference our roots. We acknowledge the 21st Century.
Our Favorite Bridge
December 26, 2011
We’d have a long way to row without bridges and this is our favorite example. Ironbridge, in Shropshire. Since 1779 awestruck engineering pilgroms and ordinary folk have journeyed here to marvel at the world’s first cast-iron bridge. Built by Abraham Darby III and now recognised as one of the great symbols of the Industrial Revolution, the remarkable structure still serves the small town that bears its name.
It’s on our inspiration board this month. Style = Function – over a river.
Postcards from Home
December 26, 2011
Serious Fashion
December 26, 2011When fashion makes me quiver it generally has something to do with Cristobal Balenciaga . Dior said he was “the master of us all”.
Its all about silhouette, no fuss, no extras, no decorations, leaving beautifully clean sculptural designs. Cut in beautiful cloth every line considered and perfect.This is serious fashion its not made for girls its made for women .
If life was fair I would have a wardrobe full of Balenciaga dresses.
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