December is here and it won’t be long until Christmas! We still don’t have plans for this holiday but we are looking forward to spending quality time together.

The fact that we don’t have plans doesn’t mean that we can’t have lovely dresses to wear, right? Even if we stay home, I always like to dress something smart for Christmas day and this year is no exception. As part of my latest Sew Crafty Design Team I made F a lovely Christmas dress, using a super soft double gauze.

The fabric is 100% cotton and is so soft! F will be well dress but still very comfortable. Perfect! The colour is Eucalyptus and works wonderfully for this season but still works great to wear any other time.

The pattern I used is the Louise by Ikatee in size 9. I made the dress option with shoulder and collar ruffle but omitted the ruffle on the back.

F adores wearing ruffles (the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree…) and asked for a little sleeve ruffle and that was the only change I made to the pattern.

The closure is at the back with buttons and I took the opportunity to use the mother of pearl buttons that Sew Crafty now has available. Don’t know about you, but these are my favourite buttons for dresses and blouses and lately I can’t get them easily so I was really pleased to see they now have them available.

I have to be honest and say that because the fabric is so soft, I should have been more careful for this pattern. For example, I should have stay stitched the neckline to prevent stretching but still, we are both very happy with this dress and I’m ordering some more fabric to make something for M as well.

Although I took the photos outside, with natural light, the colour didn’t come true, so I took some inside photos and was able to get a better match.

Hope you’re having a god time getting ready for Christmas. Enjoy the season 😊