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I used the directions from the martha stewart site, but had to size up since that one was for a 18mo size! I took the length I needed (15") and divided by 3 (5") to get the length of the sections. Took her waist measurement (20") multiplied by 2 to get the width of the yoke - the length of it is 2x what the tiers were so that it could be doubled over. Each tier/sections was 3x the width of the previous tier.
So my pieces were -
satin (static free lining fabric from JA) yoke 10x40"
first tier 5x120" (two of these)
2nd tier 5x360" (two of these)
ruffle 2.5"(I'd do 3-3.5 next time) - 12 of the full width of the fabric
My fabric was 60" wide, so I cut 16 5" wide pieces of the full width plus the ruffle. Using just a little over 3yrds for this size.
Note - I DID NOT piece all the ruffles together end to end, just overlapped them as I was gathering by about 1/2". Because they're so narrow, and get folded in half, you can't tell, and there was no way I was sewing that many skinny things together end to end!!
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DH (lol), Chrissy 15, Mikhail 12, Kiera 10, Kivett 8, Aislinn 6, Alannah 3, and fresh from the oven Kian Oliver-Bell 11/15/07
 
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