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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 PatternSeptember 6, 2025

    I think just do the last row then immediately do the first one again? I'm not sure, is that what…

  2. Janel on Barbie 28 inch Peasant Top and Hawaiian DressSeptember 6, 2025

    >> Thank you very much for the nice patterns, I am very happy with them, I could never do it…

  3. Janel on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternSeptember 6, 2025

    Can you send a picture so I can see what you mean?

  4. Janne Nielsen on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternSeptember 4, 2025

    Hi Janel, Janne from Denmark. My American friend hooked me up on these cloths so much fun. But do you…

  5. Lena on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternAugust 23, 2025

    How to do a repeat where do i repeat the rows on the large ? Thanks

  6. as on Barbie 28 inch Peasant Top and Hawaiian DressAugust 16, 2025

    heel erg bedankt voor de leuke patroontjes heel blij mee kon ook nooit dwnl nu dus wel

  7. German Dirndl for Tyler Doll – Janel Was Here on Free Patterns for Tyler WentworthAugust 6, 2025

    […] the Tyler patterns page for the peasant blouse going […]

  8. Janel on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternAugust 4, 2025

    Sorry, I didn't get beyond figuring out the right (I hope) numbers for one wedge. I'd say just continue until…

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