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Get Obsessed with the Oona Dress
Meet your new favourite sundress: the fabulously simple Oona Dress.
The Oona Dress is a stylish summer dress that’s super easy to sew.
She’s ideal for absolute beginners and incredibly speedy for more experienced sewers.
A sleeveless dress with wide bra-concealing straps, Oona has no closures at all – you just pop it over your head and you’re ready to go!
To add some shaping, you can choose between a wide elastic inserted into the waist through a channel on the inside of the dress, or you can make a version with waist ties to keep the front of the dress uninterrupted and to keep the fit adjustable.
The neckline is finished neatly with a facing, and there are two cheeky side splits to make it easier to move in Oona’s straight skirt. And if you can’t live without them, we’ve included optional side-seam pockets too!
Oona works beautifully in cotton poplin or lawn, as well as in more structured fabrics like linen or a light denim. Try her in viscose, crepe or linen viscose like our navy sample for a more fluid look. Our wonderful Pattern Insiders made some beautiful Oona’s in a great variety of fabrics. Will you go print or solid for yours?
Find some useful tutorials to help you make your Oona on Stitch School, our online learning platform. If this is the first garment you’ve ever made, we’ve got you covered with our beginner sewing tutorials! You can buy them individually or access over 100 tutorials with a Stitch School Subscription.
Head over to YouTube to find out more about the the pattern from Lisa.
Get inspired by our Oona Dress Board on Pinterest and see what other people have been making on Instagram by browsing the hashtag #soioonadress.
Watch Lisa styling video on Instagram all the way from Tuscany, Italy. Oona is the perfect dress to take on holiday!
The Oona Dress is available as a PDF pattern in our full range of sizes UK 6-30, split into two different blocks: sizes 6-20 are drafted for a B cup, sizes 18-30 are for a D cup.
Buy the pattern and make yourself a beautiful sundress!