Hoop skirts aka crinoline skirts can be worn by themselves or as undergarments to hold up voluminous dresses. They also involve very little sewing and zero tulle! Patterns included are full length bell/cage type skirt, half length A line and bell shaped skirt in an easy downloadable PDF file

Patterns included: Hoop skirt in different shapes/lengths to fit 1/4 scale dolls with curvy/hourglass proportions.
Supplies needed: 1/6 yard fabric, ribbon, and hoop material (1/8" thick craft foam, wire, tubing, or similar)
Sizes: Adult 1/4 scale dolls. 16" western fashion dolls (ex tonner's ellowyne wilde, integrity's 16" fashion royalty & poppy parker) and 40cm scale 'slim msd' fashion dolls such as fairyland minifee, kid delf, soul kid double
Supplies needed: 1/8 yard fabric for waistband, hoop material (craft foam, thin tubing, wire) , thread/sewing supplies
Difficulty: Intermediate. This comes together more like a model kit than a pattern. There are still lots of instructions and step-by-step pictures. Depending on your background you may find this easier (or harder) than a sewing pattern.