Thanks for the ideas on the construction of the housedress. I'm actually looking at a pattern draft from the Voice of Fashion 1890s. I've never been very good at getting the gathered or pleated edges to go smoothly into the adjacent seam and the instructions are basically non-existent for exactly whether to pleat or gather and how to get it to go in smoothly. I don't have much luck with gores either. I just need more practice. Thanks again. Cassandra
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