Merchant & Mills…love at first sight!

It’s no secret that I love this brand and apart from the recent releases, I made most of their patterns. The Trapeze is not a new pattern but it was way overdue in my list of makes. Why? Well all M&M patterns come up quite big and I’m only 5ft so I always thought NAH!! not for me. But it was always there in the back of my mind…so I decided to finally buy the pattern and just make it. I used some beautiful wool from Ditto Fabric in Brighton, which fits this pattern perfectly as it’s not a heavy wool and it’s got a nice drape to it. There are 3 version of the dress and they have just released a PDF version of the button back Trapeze. I made the sleeveless version, which I decided to fully line to avoid any itchiness from the wool. I cut a size 8, which is the smallest size and it needed no alteration. I left the length as is despite being petite….I love the end result and contrary to my initial thoughts it’s quite flattering. I’m planning to make a linen or woolsey (mixed linen & wool) short sleeves version. There’s a long sleeve version as well but I’m not keen on the flare sleeves.