I fell in love with Ozma’s Milo dress, but I had a feeling I could recreate it myself (spoiler: I did!).
So, I got some navy poplin from Mood and figured it out. I used the Sauvie sundress as a base, since I love how it fits me, and it seemed similar enough. I made these mods to turn Sauvie into a “Milo”:
- widened the shoulder straps
- squared the neckline
- lowered the armhole a little bit
- added pintucks
- shortened the dress
- added a hem facing
I haven’t done pintucks before, so I watched a helpful video to see how to do it. I traced a rough outline of one side of the bodice with tailors chalk, and then marked the top and bottom of the pintucks, and marked a few lines of pintuck folds and started sewing. I probably should have planned more carefully, but after sewing several pintucks, I checked against the pattern piece to see how many more I could do. It worked out ok.
I underlined the bodice lining with silk organza, and placed it wrong sides together and finished the neckline and armhole edges with self bias binding. I was pleasantly surprised by how easily this came together, the poplin bias binding was quite easy to work with.
Some of the reviews of the Ozma dress say its too short, but that seems like part of the charm. I ended up making mine pretty short, too. I also loved how much ease the dress has on the model, and I am happy to say I achieved that too!
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