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Alder Shirtdress Sewing Pattern

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Alder is a loosely fitted, sleeveless shirtdress with two options. View A falls into an A-Line below the bust and features a curved hem, bust darts, and two breast pockets. View B features the same bodice as View A but with a gathered skirt at the sides and back of the dress.

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

Lauren is wearing a size 8 Alder and is 5'9" tall & Tiffany is wearing a size 20 Alder

Suggested Fabrics: Light to medium weight fabrics ranging from silk charmeuse, crepe de chine, cotton shirting, poplin, chambray, sateen, lightweight to midweight denim, linen, linen blends, and flannel. Extra fabric may be needed to match plaids, stripes, or one-way design prints. 

Notions: Thread, Fusible interfacing, (9) ⅜˝ to ½˝ buttons

Paper Pattern Details
This product is a pre-printed paper pattern. You will receive an instruction booklet and tissue pattern tucked inside a paper envelope. Pattern is printed in the USA on recycled paper with soy-based inks. 

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Glenda Dickens

Thank you for a wonderful shirt pattern

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Lee Taylor
great pattern

Easy to follow instructions and excellent finished product

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Lin Stokes
Autumn Dress pattern

The pattern arrived promptly, looking forward to making it.

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Sharron Rawson

Burda Style Sewing Pattern Pants

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J.L.
Bob woven pants Had to redraft

The quality of the paper was excellent.
I don't know about the smaller sizes, but the larger ones were not like the picture. They ballooned out like crazy from the top and didn't seem drafted for the proportion changes that come with larger size. I could have put on my wig and nose, hopped on a unicycle and had a day under the big top.
Lucky I did a test fit with calico.

I had to do a tiny full derrière adjustment as the back crotch length was just a little shy.

I took huge amounts out of the top and top leg to bring them back to the gentle curve in the picture that seems like it should curve out most in the mid and lower leg area. I also had to redraft the bottom leg and ankle somewhat - it was way too wide.

It ended up being good, but the amount of work required to get them right was prodigious. I could have just drafted them from scratch to be honest, with the amount of work. I'm reluctant to try other larger sizes patterns from here now, not for me!

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