Dallas is a true mercenary! Dang yo! Ok, Dal~ you gotta wear the costume at least once.
Besides it would give you a better feel of how to make things "perfect." Oh, and take lotsa pics, I would buy the cd 
I just threw my back out trying to measure that dumb bottle greeb, brat! Had to sit in front of the heater for 30 minutes. HATE your reverse psycology. Yeah, you're right about the measurements. PM sent. I tried posting this message like 2 hours ago. Man, that's sad.
Oh, btw, I already bought 5-6 oz leather for the skirt.. :rolleyes But it is mostly in how you lace it. I did relace the middle on one column, and it does relax the skirt. Unlacing everything and relacing takes more time/energy thank starting a new one. That one column took forever to do. I still have like three more columns I could re-do from lace left over, but I am going to just start on another skirt and probably make my squares like around 2 1/4 inch tall. That would give it an somewhere around 3 inches in total extra length.