Steph's Clara Dress

Pattern — Clara Dress by Silversaga Patterns

The Clara dress takes inspiration from the Victorian chemise, featuring and A line skirt and 3/4 length dramatic puff sleeves with elastic cuffs. Steph sewed a size 40 dress, using 3.5m of our beautiful new Dark Fern Organic Cotton Poplin, with a matching thread and about 4m of 7mm elastic. She choose to modify the sleeve by shortening them 2.5cm below the lengthen/shorten line, as well as gathering and binding the cuffs for comfort. Steph says the pattern and instructions were professional and well-drafted, with clear illustrations throughout. She's super happy with the final dress, loves the colour and can see herself wearing it lots this summer.

Download the Clara Dress sewing pattern from the Silversaga website here.

Dark Fern Organic Cotton Poplin

Silversaga designer Jessica suggests choosing a midweight fabric with a little structure for the Clara Dress. Think cotton, linen, cotton, linen/viscose blends, linen/cotton blends, cotton/viscose blends etc. A softer and drapery fabric will give you less volume, and a crisp airy fabric like our poplin will lend more structure.

Check out a handful of cute suggestions below, from top to bottom — Organic Cotton Poplin – Artichoke, Liberty Tana Lawn - Floral Thyme / B, Organic Linen – Mulberry
and Liberty Piccadilly Poplin - Dancing Butterfly / B