Whilst I waited for the muslin to come back from its fitting many states away, I set to work on the camicia. We ordered a fine handkerchief linen for this, so it would be nice and breathable, and drape well.
The camicia itself was fairly straight forward, and I more or less followed the instructions on Realm of Venus for an Italian one. Once I had the camicia pieces cut out, one of my household members serged them to prevent fraying.
Then, everything was sewn together by machine (I have rheumatoid arthritis and hand sewing is hard for me these days, so most of the work was done via machine).
Once the garment was assembled, and the bottom hemmed, I began hand-pleating the camicia to the binding. I chose to use box pleats for this, just to make it easier. No math was used in the making of these pleats, because I believe in having to undo everything if I don’t get things looking as even as I like. 😉
Then, the binding was sewn on, and the camicia was complete, minus some ironing, which was wonderfully done by another household member.
Sevensterre and Seven Stones 
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