Alder Sew Along: Alder as a Shirt

Today I wanted to show you guys how easy it is to turn the Alder Shirtdress into an Alder Shirt! I'm showing View B here but you can do the same thing with view A for a more classic sleeveless button up.

Start by deciding how long you want the shirt to be. If you've made the dress already it's really easy to just try the dress on and mark where you'd like the shirt to hit. If you haven't I recommend measuring starting from the hollow of your throat down to where you'd like the shirt to hit since that measurement corresponds with the center front of the dress fronts.

Once you know how long you'd like the dress, mark the new hem length on the front of the dress. Measure up evenly across the bottom of all of the dress pieces to mark the new hem. Make sure you remember to leave enough for the hem.

All of the construction is the same as the original dress for this version so you can either follow the instructions in the booklet or follow along with the sew along here on the blog.