Sewing Essentials
$15
A leather fob for your keychain, combined with a 6-inch ruler. In medium brown, natural and black. Comes with a small muslin drawstring bag.
$14.25
In limited addition yellow! Includes snap-cover and colored pins.
$16.95
The Merchant & Mills Elementary Sewing Skills book is a pocket or bag companion, packed full of useful techniques for wardrobe maintenance and alterations. Bound in linen, with crystal clear instructions, sequenced illustrations and beautiful photography, it is both useful and beautiful. Topics include darts and gathering, seams, ease, hems, interfacing and closures such as buttons and zips are all covered alongside advice on using and understanding patterns and performing basic alterations. Successful sewing is very achievable: just make sure that you have this book to hand at all times. Keep it simple & do it well.
$9.60
Milliners Needles straw assorted. #3 #5 #7 Thick sizes. Superior polish finish. Large needle eye. Flexible and warp resistant. Runs smoothly through fabric. Made in Japan
$6
Spring action and super sharp for thread clipping. In colors pink and blue.
$20
Superb quality folding rule marked in both imperial (inches) and metric (cm). 1M long. Made in Sweden. A traditional carpenter’s rule that we find very useful for fabrics!
$9.60
Sewing needles. #9 Sharp tip. Large needle eye. Flexible and warp resistant. Runs smoothly through fabric. Made in Japan
$22.95
176 beautiful and informative pages.
Part I introduces tools, techniques, our philosophy and working methods so you’re completely prepared for the fifteen fabulous projects in part 2. We guide you through the construction of an apron, bags, soft furnishings and even things to wear. Each task builds on the skills gained in the previous one and as if that were not enough we even throw in a couple of patterns for you to scale up and get cutting. Read, learn and make
$6
An end to holes and broken pencils. Collars and cushions get points.
Made of silky smooth bamboo, this little tool creates a perfect corner every time.
$12
Pure beeswax potted with a lid.
Beeswax is traditionally used by tailors to strengthen thread when hand sewing buttonholes. Keep it by the sewing machine and pull your thread across it a couple of times before snipping off the thread end and it will be as easy as pie to get the stiff neat end through the machine needle.
$12
Just perfect at 6.75cm – nearly 3″ in old money and America. Best for snipping thread tails rather than cutting cloth. Hand finished in smooth black with a monogrammed M for Merchant & Mills. Sharp as an arrow and seriously desirable.
$74.95
A sewing kit/wrap for the intrepid home sewist.
Contains: 1 box of dressmaking pins, 25 fine sewing needles, tape measure and wide bow scissors.
Size: Open 36.5cm x 20cm, closed 20 x 13cm.
Made in M&M workshop in Rye from Antique British oilskin
$5
Magnetic pin holders with 12 straight pins. In colors blue, pink and teal.
$9.60
Sashiko Needles Assorted Long. Large needle eye. Flexible and warp resistant. Runs smoothly through fabric. Made in Japan
$5
Organized storage for your bobbins. In colors green, blue and teal
$9.50
Merchant & Mills superior tape measure in black & white. 150cm or 60 inches. Made in Germany
$3
Iconic sewing notion
$21
Pin Cushion with slap bracelet in special edition colors, pink and fashion. Also in classic black. Made in France.
$9.60
Sewing needles Assorted. #7 #8 #9 Sharp tip. Large needle eye. Flexible and warp resistant. Runs smoothly through fabric. Made in Japan.
Tailor Sausage $20
Tailors Clapper
Small $20
Medium $22
Large $24
Don’t forget your useful pressing tools to help you with your wool sewing! Tailors Hams and Sausages’ are a great pressing tool for curved seams and sleeve seems. Super helpful tool with collars. Tailor clappers are helpful at locking steam in and giving you a neat press especially with wool.
Available for phone Order + mail order or come in and shop ♥
Happy Sewing!
