Emporia Patterns Lotta Dress Pattern

The Emporia Lotta dress pattern was born out of the idea of the kind of dress you might wear to a wedding or a summer party. It's one of our more traditional style dress patterns and has the option of having small puff sleeves or being completely sleeveless, depending on what suits you best. Emporia Lotta features a very fitted bodice and a full gathered skirt, giving you an old school curvy silhouette; a matching v neck at the front and back make it that little bit more glamorous too.

As Lotta features several diamond shaped darts, a neckline facing, in-seam pockets and the addition of either sleeves or armhole facings, she's a bit more of an improver or intermediate sewist's pattern. Dress for the summer in light cottons, lawn or viscose, or try out a silk or chambray, or go more formal with taffeta or raw silk.

The Emporia Lotta dress pattern comes in sizes 8 - 20. 

Finished garment measurements:
Size - Bust/Waist
8 - 34"/26" or 86/66cm
10 - 36"/28" or 91/71cm
12 - 38"/30" or 96/76cm
14 - 40"/32" 101cm or 101/81cm
16 - 42"/34"or 106/86cm
18 - 44"/36" 111cm or 111/91cm
20 - 46"/38" or 116/96cm

The length of the dress is dictated by you depending on how long you wish to make it.

Fabric requirements:
Please note that you are required to measure and cut your own skirt length for this pattern based on your own measurements and desired length, so please do take that into account when working out your fabric requirements.

Sleeved version - 112cm/45" or 150cm/60" 
Size 8 - 12 - 1m (+ amount for skirt piece) 
Size 14 - 1.2m (+ amount for skirt piece) 
Size 16 - 1.4m (+ amount for skirt piece) 
Size 18 - 1.6m (+ amount for skirt piece) 
Size 20 - 1.8m (+ amount for skirt piece) 

Sleeveless version - 112cm/45" or 150cm/60" 
Size 8 - 12 - 55cm (+ skirt piece) 
Size 14 - 75cm (+ skirt piece) 
Size 16 - 95cm (+ skirt piece) 
Size 18 - 115cm (+ skirt piece) 
Size 20 - 135cm (+ skirt piece) 

Fabric recommendations:
Cotton poplin, cotton lawn, viscose challis, chambray, poplin, cotton sateen, taffeta.

All Emporia patterns are produced on paper and feature different coloured lines to differentiate between each size.