Miz Mozelle dress (puke free!)

Imagine this scenario: you're excited to wear your new dress to Santa Barbara because it's super comfy and it will be fun to have a new place to take photos. Unfortunately, on the drive there Grandma is chillin in the passenger seat wearing sweatpants, a sweatshirt, and has a quilt on her lap while blasting the heater. Mom is driving like a psycho on the 154. I'm doing some yoga breathing exercises and praying my ass off that I don't puke all over my new dress. Luke is staring at me and praying his ass off that I don't throw up on him. True story. I made it to Santa Barbara without puking on myself, but unfortunately I managed to get some dirt smudged on my dress and I didn't notice it until after the photos. Dirt is better than vomit, though.

Let's talk about the pattern, it's way more interesting than talking about me getting carsick. The dress is the Miz Mozelle pattern by Jamie Christina and it was my first time using one of her patterns. Sometimes, I get kind of hesitant about using patterns from a company/someone that I have never sewn with before because I get worried that I won't be able to follow the instructions. Luckily, Jamie's instructions are super clear and straightforward. The illustrations were helpful and I didn't find myself getting lost or confused at all. Success!

The fabric is a jersey from Mood that I purchased almost a year ago. I am not ashamed to say that I am 100% ripping off one of Jamie Christina's samples from her pattern. Her model is wearing a white dress with black bias tape. The only difference is that my fabric has polka dots. I'm being a copycat!

I felt like living on the edge, so I didn't make a muslin. Luckily, I'm pretty happy with the fit and how everything turned out. The only thing I would do differently would be to use a bias tape around the inside neckline that actual matched the fabric. Sometimes it shows and I would prefer to have used a lighter color, not black. But that's such a minor thing to gripe about.


Have any of you sewn with Jamie's patterns? I am now officially a fan, so I bought myself the Sol Hoodie pattern and I can't wait to start working on it!