Ellis and Hattie Hacks
Ellis and Hattie Hacks
Pleating the skirt Ellis & Hattie have a gathered skirt but there’s no reason you can’t pleat the skirt ...
Clothes Not Fashion
Clothes Not Fashion
Nancy, age 25, wears the  Ellsworth shirt  in Tumbled Linen  Warm White 160 linen , and ...
From the cutting room floor – Ellsworth and Shepherd
From the cutting room floor – Ellsworth and Shepherd
There are so many photos to choose from after a photoshoot. The sensible part of us needs to choose pictures that ...
Maxi Edie Dress
Maxi Edie Dress
The Edie dress is designed to fall below the knee, we’ve taken this version to the floor for maximum swoosh factor ...
Wide Leg Eve Pattern Hack
Wide Leg Eve Pattern Hack
Our web assistant Pia made these great wide leg Eve trousers, with just a few simple adjustments using the 101 trousers. ...
Bunny and Warwick
Bunny and Warwick
These are two of our resident pups Bunny and Warwick sitting like such good doggies on their new bed. It’s hard to ...
It’s a clash!
It’s a clash!
We moved away from our sludgy roots this Spring in favour of these zingy fresh colours! I love mixing up unexpected ...
The Perfect White Linen?
The Perfect White Linen?
Our Tumbled  Warm White 160 linen  is similar to a handkerchief linen, it has a fine weave and a soft slubby ...
A Conversation with House of Quinn
A Conversation with House of Quinn
How do you go about starting a new quilt? Starting a new quilt is always a little daunting, like staring at a blank page ...
September Coat – Main cloth  lining  buttons
September Coat – Main cloth lining buttons
From left to right |  9oz Organic Half Panama  with  22mm Gold Corozo buttons , self lined |  Khaki ...
Organic Voile and Edie
Organic Voile and Edie
Organic Cotton Voile  In our continual effort to move over our cloth ranges to a more sustainable option, we have ...
Co-Ords – Head to toe in your favourite cloth
Co-Ords – Head to toe in your favourite cloth
Pattern –  Foreman  jacket. Elwen made a size 38 with no modifications apart from lengthening the sleeves ...
Update on our Extended Sizing
Update on our Extended Sizing
Our current extended size range is now at the printers.The whole printing process, including getting the envelopes ...
Musings on Brexit
Musings on Brexit
Update – all EU orders are now being sent vat and duty paid so you won’t have to pay anything additional your ...
The Art of Finessing
The Art of Finessing
Tweaking and getting everything just right! A team ...
Lazy Linen Mornings
Lazy Linen Mornings
Tie cushions from the  Sewing Book  in Vintage Yellow Stripe | Pad for the iron chair own pattern ...
Cloth Picks – Sunday Dressing Gown
Cloth Picks – Sunday Dressing Gown
From left to right | Peche linen with a Bantam dress from our Workbook in  Portand  | Kingly ...
Cloth Picks – Workaday Apron
Cloth Picks – Workaday Apron
From left to right | 12oz Organic Twill in Stanley Tan  |   Four Stripe Linen in ...
SEPTEMBER 2020 Boo hoorah in strange and difficult times. We have been overwhelmed with orders from makers all over the ...
THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
Roderick Field  is the other director of Merchant & Mills,  tasked with collating ideas and translating ...
PIA MAKES…
PIA MAKES…
Pia is the newest member of our team, she’s always immaculately put together and has enviable style! She’s ...
IN SEARCH OF TENCEL IN TURKEY
IN SEARCH OF TENCEL IN TURKEY
In our efforts to thoroughly research and verify the provenance of all our cloth, we found ourselves, one sunny morning, ...
WHAT KATIE SEWS
WHAT KATIE SEWS
If you’ve come to any of our classes you’ll have had the pleasure of being taught by lovely Katie. Her ...
SCISSORS – A BUYING GUIDE
SCISSORS – A BUYING GUIDE
The philosophy ‘buy once, buy well’ has never been truer than with scissors. Our scissor factory are leaders ...
THE GREAT OILSKIN PRIZE – THE WINNER
THE GREAT OILSKIN PRIZE – THE WINNER
A note from Carolyn and Roderick We had a great response to the oilskin competition, there were so many lovely and ...
PATTERN PLANNING
PATTERN PLANNING
We wanted to put together a short plan of action for you regarding the direction we are heading with our patterns. You ...
FIELDS IN FIELDS – STORY OF MERCHANT & MILLS
FIELDS IN FIELDS – STORY OF MERCHANT & MILLS
A wonderfully written article on the Fields in Fields website about how Merchant & Mills began and where we are now. ...
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