After posting yesterday, I gave myself a talking-to and just finished those baby hems. It didn't take very long. Of course.
I posted a review on
Pattern Review, where you can read all about the things I did differently and what worked and what didn't. But here's the bottom line:
Spray starch. It works.
It tamed the shifty static-prone and flimsy silk like nobody's business. It made making this top (complete with French seams, continuous lap placket, bias collar and baby hems) a piece of cake.