Mira Dresses

This is the Mira Dress by Fibre Mood, and I love it! I even loved it so much that I made another one that you can see down below.

I bought the pattern when Fibre Mood wasn’t including seam allowances, and I thought my brains were going to explode, but thankfully Fibre Mood has added the seam allowances now, so you don’t have to experience my frustration.

I made a few adjustments with the length of the bodice and added quite a few inches to the tiers, but I don’t remember exactly how much (since it’s been cut out since November). I completely spaced adding pockets or making it nursing friendly, but it has plenty of room, and I was able to wear it up until the very end of my pregnancy. I actually wore it to my 40 week appointment, and at my appointment the next week, the midwife in training said, “You wore a really pretty purple dress last week, right?” Why yes, I did! 😉

This gorgeous fabric was a gift that my sewing friend, Indu, brought back from her trip to India to see her family. She knows how much I love Ikat, and I just can’t even explain how awesome this sewing community is. She is an amazing sewist and you should go to her blog right now (click here)!

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This is my second Mira Dress that I omitted the second gathered tier on. I was trying to recreate a Tradlands dress that I really liked. I got SUPER close to the style and color, but it ended up just not getting worn as much because the style and color weren’t right for me — but it is now in the care of a very happy sister! 😉

This time, I remembered to make it nursing friendly! Side seam zippers are one of the easiest mods I’ve seen to make a dress nursing friendly, especially if it’s a looser fitting dress.

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Modifications: I sewed the gathered skirt pieces to the front and back bodice separately, and then sewed the side seams with the zippers. I used 14″ invisible zippers for this cotton/linen fabric, and they are perfect!

The bodice is lengthened by 5″ (to my natural waist – if you were able to see it), and the sleeves are 9″ long. I did think about adding pockets, but having side seam zipper + pockets was more than my brain could handle at the moment. This fabric is a cotton/linen that I thrifted.

Happy Mira Dress sewing!