mobius strips??

i accidentally ended up with a mobius strip when trying to sew my next project.  THREE mobius strips!  You know, those loops that have only 1 side and twist on and on for forever?  before i show you the nonsense that i created, let me back up and explain what was my intended goal... view a of the shirt below:

here is the line drawing so you can see just how cute the pleating in the front would be:

i used this light tannish grey stretchy cotton-blend shirting fabric for the yoke and underlayer, and for the over lay i used this vintage lace that i found at the "scrap exchange" in durham, nc when i visited my friend erin 4 years ago.

the bodice part, while difficult, went without a hitch.  i ended up sewing the underlayer together at the sides separately from the lace overlay so that the lace would flow independently... perhaps.  however, the shirting fabric is stiffer than jersey and thus the lace isn't flowy... oh well.  they still looked nice together.

and now for the yoke on top... that's where the mobius strip comes into the story.  the instructions told me to create the yoke separately as an outer layer and as a lining.  no sweat, i thought to myself.  i've got this.  easy peasy.  then they tell you to invert the lining so that it sits inside the outer layer like a facing, and then you are to HANDSTITCH the lining inside the outer layer.  uhhh, i hate hand-stitching.  so, i decided to outsmart my instructions and i machine-sewed them together...  it became a mobius strip!! 

oh silly me, i think to myself.  i just twisted one of the sides of the sleeve before sewing it to itself.  let me unstitch the regular stitching (AND THE UNDERSTITCHING to keep the lining in place) and try it again.  in my haste, i passed off version 2 as being perfect, and did the other sleeve.  wait, i created another mobius strip!  how is that possible, oh silly me, i think to myself.  the other one is perfect... no wait... also a mobius strip.  GAH!!  FOILED BY MYSELF!  i wasn't content going to bed last night until i had at least undone the stitching in the sleeves.  i will save that part for tonight.  here are the pieces so far, pinned onto my mannequin.

not sure if i'm crazy about this.  i'm really hoping the final result turns out better than what this looks like right now...  i feel like it looks stuffy and bleh.

meanwhile, bunks was bored out of his mind and was cleaning his paws, despite my raucous laughter when i discovered the 3 mobius strips that i had sewn.  that's my clean bunny!