Butterick B5526 Tunic Hack

残暑お見舞い申し上げます。
２週間ばかりかけて、ちまちまとチュニック丈のシャツを作っていました。
型紙は今年もう２回使っている（小花模様のシャツととギンガムのシャツ）バタリックの5526番。
今回は、チュニック丈バージョン。
昨日の夜出来上がって、早速今日一日着て、昼寝して、犬の散歩に行ったところ。なのでしわしわ勘弁。（ちなみに草むらの中を散歩するので、晴れてても常に長靴です）

I have used Butterick B5526 shirt pattern twice now,  the navy blue dirndl left over and a gingham one, but both of them were princess seam shirts. This time, I used a tunic length version (view C) as a base, and altered the front bodice to make a pop-over shirt.

View C is a tunic length shirt. I added pockets from view A (though you can hardly see them on the photo), and also the sleeve tabs from view A.

The main fabric was a floral print cotton lawn, and the accent fabric was cotton/Lycra shirting.

The main alteration was to eliminate the button placket altogether. I cut the front bodice on fold at the center front mark. For the partial placket, I used a tutorial by Beth Galvin (SunnyGal Studio) on Craftsy. It was so easy and really like how it turned out.

I cut a size 10, straightened the hem and added a side slit (for a more tunic look), shortened 5" (so it's about between the view A length and view C length), narrowed the sleeves a bit, and shortened by 2". Narrowed the collar by 1/2", and shortened the height of the collar stand by 1/4". I did try my swayback by 1" but not sure if it made any difference.

I finished it last night, wore it all day today, took a nap in it, and just walked the dogs, so ignore the wrinkles, please.

I think for a tunic length shirt, I need to go up a size. I think the reason for the back bodice wrinkle may be it's too tight around the hips so it is just not hanging right.

I also think I shortened the sleeves too much now. I intend to wear it as a rolled up sleeve (if I don't, what's the use of the sleeve tabs!) so not a big deal for this one.

I like the pocket with a pleated detail but I can hardly find my pockets in the photo. I should have made the pockets with the accent fabric. Oh well.

Overall, I think I was able to make what I envisioned, though it needs some more work. I like how the pop-over alteration went on this one so I am planning to make a another one using the fabric I used as the accent fabric on this one.