Thanks for weighing in Barb, I'll try to get some pictures when I get home.

However, I'll try to explain why I believe there was steeking and that it has failed in at least one place. In most pleats, if I gently reach up in the pleat from the fell, I can feel where there are some stitches holding the fabric together. I, perhaps mistakenly, assumed these were steeking stitches and in two adjacent pleats, these stitches seem to be broken. It didn't appear to be the stitches holding down the lining, however, I may have just jumped to conclusions and not checked that closely enough.

Thanks for your thoughts, I'll check when I get home and if it's not the lining stitches, I'll get some images to show what I'm seeing.

Shane