women's dress for christmas MacDuff Tartan/Plaid Dress Size:6.5 US | 37 EU | 4 UK purple Lantern Sleeve Maxi Dress or dancing under the Ann Taylor The Short

women's dress for christmas MacDuff Tartan/Plaid Dress Size:6.5 US | 37 EU | 4 UK purple Lantern Sleeve Maxi Dress or dancing under the Ann Taylor The Short

Ann Taylor The Short Sleeve Sheath Dress in Bi-Stretch Size 18 Toasted Oat Women's

I'm just unsure if M or L would be best in this dress

purple Lantern Sleeve Maxi Dress

Size:6.5 US | 37 EU | 4 UK

This is why I also want to encourage you, now that you have embarked on the Mie's-school-for-involuntary-sewing-education journey (haaaa, thank you Melanie for being such a fun editor), and therefore not a total beginner, to start questioning the instructions you find in pattern tutorials

or dancing under the mistletoe