An update:

Today I managed to get the rest of the supplies I needed (forgot chalk!) and also got more fabric (screwed up on the first piece, but it's recoverable).

Got it all marked up and laid out, sewed a few pleats... fell asleep.

Just now waking up from that nap :P I would post pics of the marked up fabric but can't find the camera.

Annoyances during this experience so far, thread kept breaking during sewing, had to thread the machine in a way that is different than it's supposed to be just to keep the thread from breaking so often. Still sews fine.