Dressmaking

In our second ambassador post Abigail has made this most incredible pyjama set. If this doesn’t get you racing to our seersucker aisle and dreaming of contrast piping, then I’m not sure what will. So, over to Abigail: I loved sewing the seer sucker and it’s made such comfy pyjamas… they are a lovely loose but neat fit. They are...

This is the first of our ambassador posts.  We currently have eight ambassadors working with us.  These guys will sew garments for us using our products in exchange for store credit.  Sue's first up and we LOVE her Merchant & Mills Ellsworth Shirt.  She has been so clever with the fabric use too.  This is a summary of Sue's pattern...

I’m not really a frilly, floaty sort of person, but this Florence Top from Merchant & Mills grabbed me with it’s pretty hands. The peplum/ frill has just enough flounce to give interest and shape but without feeling too frou-frou. The washed linen was a no brainer… it’s weighty enough for a winter wear and it had to be this...

I have had ‘Sparkly Jacket’ on my Make Nine list since the beginning of 2020. It didn’t happen in that first year so in 2021 it just had to come into being. Rarely do the fabric and the pattern for a project come together at the same time, and in this case the fabric came first and it took me...