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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. 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 […]

  2. 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…

  3. Janel on Women’s Peasant Dress PatternAugust 4, 2025

    The ruffle on the horse dress is 130" around and 7" long.

  4. Janel on Doll PatternsAugust 4, 2025

    Oh yes, I have a bunch of great ideas! Just a matter of doing! I'll get an update soon here,…

  5. Oonagh Reid on Doll PatternsJuly 30, 2025

    Is there going to be some new patterns soon

  6. Jennifer Lanham on Women’s Peasant Dress PatternJuly 29, 2025

    Can you tell me how long and wide the ruffle at the bottom should be?

  7. Lena on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternJuly 28, 2025

    The larger size. How many repeats of 32 rows? Thanks😊

  8. Janel on Round Knit Dishcloth PatternJune 20, 2025

    Okay, I had to knit the pattern out to get the hang again and remember what I did. If we…

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