putting skirt tiers on

This is an example of some of the issues with this pattern.  Look at the drawings. They are hand drawings and really out of order.  Right now I am sewing on a muslin casing for the elastic for the empire waist.  If I had not been sewing for many years I would not have understood the instructions. 

you can sort of see the casing sewn in.  I have the first tier gathered and pinned on

These are the pattern drawings. And they really are drawings.