Sorry, I haven’t made this pattern. I did make their other steampunk dress and found that I had a lot of extra fabric when attaching the bottom ruffle to the bottom of the skirt. You’re just dealing with so much fabric that it’s a lot to handle. What helped me out a lot was easing my fabric and this helped distribute the fabric equally instead of having a chunk bunched up in one area. The general idea is to divide the sections in half with pins and to keep dividing and dividing. To see me do an example, check out this tutorial: https://www.professorpincushion.com/professorpincushion/fabric-easing/