Last year I made a Christmas Tree Dress which was something that I had wanted to make for a few years before I actually took the leap. Ever since then, designing “Ugly Christmas Dresses” every year is a pretty darn enjoyable goal of mine. So this year I found my design inspiration in Gift Wrapping! Personally, I am just not good at gift wrapping, but man are there some present wizards out there who can use wrapping paper and bows to turn a plain old box into a true work of art.

This is one of the first dress designs that I have made that isn’t fitted, (half of the reasoning behind that is definitely because doing the math for fitted patterns in not my favorite activity haha) but the horizontal ribbon ties in the back to help it fit tightly to your waist and create the illusion of being fitted! The pattern is a little bit time consuming as it takes a little bit of time to work up the main body section; however, it is not a difficult pattern by any means!