The Couture School Day 4

Sew bodice to skirt except over the pleats.  Pleasts needed to adjust a bit to lay flat.

Fine tuning my shoulder adjustment as follows:

I needed to tuck in the neck a little.  I took out the shoulder seam, aligned the princess seams and basically created a dart at the neck line.

  

Stitched my shoulders and here is the end result below.

I adjusted my pleats so they lay flat as possible.  Added width at my hip area was the last thing I wanted to do so my waist actually curves down a bit at Center Front.  

I basted my pleats down with basting thread and large X's.  Steamed not touching the fabric, and basted my waist seam to bodice front and back.  I then made any final adjustments and fell stitched the yoke to the upper skirt.

The amazing Leisa from A Challenging Sew.  She is an amazing, hard worker!