I'm back from one week of vacation, one very cranky sewing machine, and LOTS of problems with the old singer skipping stitches which wasted masses of time. However, in about 5 more hours...

The pleat edges are all stitched down

I've folded it up four times to stare at it

One side's pleats are all stitched in, in the fell.

TOTAL so far: 7.75 hours