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Child Size Spiral Dress
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Child Size Spiral Dress

ByJanel August 6, 2019April 20, 2025

Ruffles! A huge, swirly overload of fluttering spiral. How to do this? We need volume of fabric. As usual, I started moderate before going more extreme.  The first attempt with a 4″ curved gore produced a conservative A-line skirt shape. Simple. Just add more stripes. The big difference was gathering the gores in order to…

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Spiral Skirts and Dresses
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Spiral Skirts and Dresses

ByJanel November 17, 2012March 18, 2025

All patterns are Adobe pdf for free download and printing. They print out onto sheets of 8.5 x 11 printer paper which you tape together then cut out. Be sure they print out at 100% size not “scale to fit” the paper. The skirts can be made any size you need by using whatever number…

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Latest Comments

  1. Janel on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternJune 12, 2025

    Oh, that. I meant the outer edge of the circle / doily to make it bigger, but of course it…

  2. Robbin on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternJune 12, 2025

    In the post right above mine.

  3. Janel on Women’s Peasant Dress PatternJune 9, 2025

    There I just put it back, sorry about the delay.

  4. Janel on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternJune 9, 2025

    I don't see the words "long end" in the post. Where did I say that?

  5. Chelsie knight on Women’s Peasant Dress PatternJune 9, 2025

    I would like to try this peasant dress pattern but when I print the pattern it only prints the top…

  6. Janel on Dress Pattern for Bellybutton BarbieJune 9, 2025

    That is so very kind of you, thanks! It makes me remember right away the several things I've been meaning…

  7. Janel on Women’s Peasant Dress PatternJune 9, 2025

    I took it off to work on it, haven't done that yet but there, I put the original back. Sorry…

  8. Maggie on Women’s Peasant Dress PatternJune 9, 2025

    This dress pattern is exactly what I am looking for, however the PDF currently only has the pattern for the…

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