Merchant & Mills Trapeze Dress

Merchant & Mills

£11.50 – £18.50

Buy the Trapeze Dress sewing pattern from Merchant & Mills. A flared dress, just below the knee, with a small neat shoulder and shallow rounded neckline. With the option of a button through back or a simple slip over the head. Includes three sleeve options: sleeveless, short sleeve and long (3/4) sleeve. The Trapeze is so easy to make and so easy to wear. Make it for winter in Harris tweed teamed with a chunky brogue, in a bold block print or in a washed linen for summer. Try it in denim or cord for a workwear look. It is endlessly versatile.

This sewing pattern is available to buy in the following formats:

– PAPER (next working day dispatch on orders and FREE UK delivery over £50)

– PDF (available to download immediately after purchase). What is a PDF?

– PDF pattern + Printed A0 copy shop (We print out the A0 pattern sheets, but you’ll need to download the digital instructions, as we don’t print these. The PDF files will be emailed immediately after purchase, and the A0 pattern sheets will be dispatched next working day). What is Copy Shop?

Suggested fabrics: The Trapeze works well in most woven dress weight fabrics from linen, denim and woollens to printed cottons.

Fabric requirements: See image gallery.

Sizing: UK 8 – 18 or UK 20 – 28 (approx. UK 8 – 16/18 or UK 20 – 30, based on our standardised size chart). Please also check the designer’s size charts and finished garment measurements.

Notions: Fusible interfacing; 10 buttons for button back option.

PDF pattern includes: Instructions; A4/US letter print-at-home pattern (60 pages for sizes 8-18, 60 pages for sleeveless + 60 pages for with sleeves for sizes 20-28); A0 copy shop pattern (4 sheets for sizes 8-18, 7 sheets for sizes 20-28) // Layers: No // Projector file: No.

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