Last night, I ripped out a small portion of the hem, added another panel and blind stitched that portion of hem.

This afternoon, I laid it out again, brushed off the old chalk marks as best I could and marked it out again-this time with a 9" apron and 13 3" pleats.



I A-shaped the front apron again-much harder to get a straight line when going diagonally on corduroy, but the general idea is chalked in.



Here I am sewing the outer portions of the pleats. Again, note how corduroy has its own guide lines so it is very easy to stay consistently close to the edge.



This picture is to show just how close to invisible the joins are between the panels of fabric. The seam is just to the left of the sewing machine foot. Really, I swear.



Here it is with all the "ridges" sewn in-it took about 1 hour, 15 minutes to do 13 pleats. The hem is to the left and the waist band will be to the right.