This is my answer to the 1st challenge.  The skirt is a double circle skirt...which I would not recommend for such a small body.  I had to thread wire through the hem binding to be able to control the drape.  The pin tucking was fun to do, but I did have a few issues arise.  For one, I couldn't use Zoey's head for the model.  All that hair hid too much of the dress details.  SO I called the Dali School of Modeling and they sent over an emergency head.  Her name is Iris