The Alder Shirtdress is the effortlessly chic sleeveless dress that elevates your summer wardrobe. This loosely fitted shirt dress offers two versatile options perfect for work, weekends, and everything in between.

Techniques involved include sewing straight seams, bust darts, bias faced armholes, attaching a shirt collar, gathering, buttons, and buttonholes.

Skill Level
Intermediate - Perfect for sewers ready to tackle collars and buttonholes.

Sizes
0 - 18 (B-Cup)

OR

14 - 32 (D-Cup)

Recommended fabric
Light to medium weight fabrics ranging from silk charmeuse, crepe de chine, cotton shirting, poplin, chambray, sateen, lightweight to mid-weight denim, linen, linen blends, and flannel. Extra fabric may be needed to match plaids, stripes, and directional prints. 

Yardage requirements
See images for yardage details

Light to medium weight woven fusible interfacing

Notions

• Thread
• Fusible interfacing
• (9) ⅜˝ – ½˝ buttons