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[DementedFairy]

Ruth of Core Couture has made lots of the M&M stuff, get thee over to her blog for a look. There are some very nice classic shapes there.
 The capsule wardrobe stuff [if it's the one I'm thinking of] doesn't appeal to me, all a bit shapeless and basic, but several bloggers have worked on them with decent effect

[Efemera]

I'm going to look for something similar from the big4... at the risk of being fish slapped or tied up with bunting...... I quite like the little girl look....(runs and hides)

[UttaRetch]

Merchant & Mills can be a bit dull and worthy, BUT I love the



Trapezette and M&M even suggest suitable fabrics.

[Tamnymore]

I'm a bit late to this party but I can't really see the appeal of Tilly patterns. No idea about the drafting but they don't seem all that interesting to me. I imagine you could get something similar from Butterick, Simplicity, Burda etc at a cheaper price - considerably cheaper if it is in one of their sales.

[Lyn-J]

Thanks DF, I'm reading Ruth's report on Merchant and Mills. There are links to a lot of the things she has made. I particularly like the fabric she has chosen for the Heron top.

Dull and Worthy

Good luck with your search Efemera, Do let us know how you get on. I think you made the right decision.

[UttaRetch]

@Efemera: Simplicity 1277.




Are you up to adapting the bodice?

[DementedFairy]

I'm going to look for something similar from the big4... at the risk of being fish slapped or tied up with bunting...... I quite like the little girl look....(runs and hides)

Each to her own...but I feel I'd look like Baby Jane if I tried anything like that.

[Tamnymore]

Haha that's a classic, DF! I think I would also look like this in my rescued Laura Ashley 1970s milkmaid dresses.

Sorta looks like a malignant Stanley Baxter Christmas special. 

I agree UR. I think we are safer with the big 4 and that's a nice pattern with not a whiff of Baby Jane or Stanley Baxter.

[Efemera]

@Efemera: Simplicity 1277.




Are you up to adapting the bodice?

I've just seen this on the curvy sewing collective...looks as if it could easily adapted

[Francesca]

Jenny's day job is this and I imagine she leads a fairly privileged life. 

So her privilege is that she has a good job? I mean, I can think of better things to be privileged with I'm not going to lie 

[UttaRetch]

   I don't think she is working for peanuts and would think her salary allows her to have quite a good life.

[Francesca]

  I don't think she is working for peanuts and would think her salary allows her to have quite a good life.

Yeah I know. I just imagined it'd be something more exciting haha. Like a millionaire uncle or celebrity husband or something, rather than "has good job". Good on her, pretty amazing to have a full-on job like that and also run a pattern company that's doing really well!

[UttaRetch]

As I said, I like Jenny's patterns, although her smallest size is too large for me, and she doesn't deserve the flack she gets on GOMI, so I can only assume that it stems from misplaced envy.