Merchant & Mills 101 Trousers

Merchant & Mills

£11.50 – £18.50

Buy the 101 Trousers sewing pattern from Merchant & Mills. Gentle drawstring trousers, with side pockets and a false fly, cut to sit on the waist. The pattern includes three versions: wide straight trousers, cropped and tapered trousers, and shorts.

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: Linen, soft cottons, fine wool, wool crepe, washed silk or rayon. Choose fabrics that drape and won’t bulk around the drawstring waist.

Fabric requirements: All with or without nap.

Sizes 8 – 18

Shorts: 110 cm wide fabric: 1.35 – 1.5 m // 120 cm wide fabric: 1.35 m // 140 cm wide fabric: 1.2 – 1.35 m // 150 cm wide fabric: 1.2 m.

Cropped tapered: 110-120 cm wide fabric: 2.3 m // 140 cm wide fabric: 2.1 – 2.3 m // 150 cm wide fabric: 1.9 – 2.1 m.

Long straight: 110-140 cm wide fabric: 2.5 – 2.7 m // 150 cm wide fabric: 2.1 – 2.5 m.

Lining: 0.4 m.

Sizes 20 – 28

Shorts: 110 cm wide fabric: 1.6 – 1.85 m // 120 cm wide fabric: 1.6 – 1.65 m // 140 cm wide fabric: 1.35 – 1.65 m // 150 cm wide fabric: 1.35 – 1.65 m.

Cropped tapered: 110 cm wide fabric: 2.45 – 3.15 m // 120 cm wide fabric: 2.35 – 2.7 m // 140 cm wide fabric: 2.3 – 2.35 m // 150 cm wide fabric: 2.3 – 2.35 m.

Long straight: 110 cm wide fabric: 3.2 – 3.65 m // 120 cm wide fabric: 2.65 – 3 m // 140 cm wide fabric: 2.65 – 2.7 m // 150 cm wide fabric: 2.65 – 2.7 m.

Lining: 0.35 m.

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: 2-2.5 m of 13 mm cotton webbing for drawstring; two small eyelets (optional); 13 mm elastic, your waist measurement plus overlap (optional).

PDF pattern includes: Instructions; A4/US letter print-at-home pattern (45 pages for sizes 8-18, 60 pages for sizes 20-28); A0 copy shop pattern (3 sheets for sizes 8-18, 4 sheets for sizes 20-28).

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