Stays Resurrected

I decided to take another look at the Bernhardt stays and tried them on again. I thought that perhaps all my problems were caused by them being too long through the waist because they seemed to be riding up some. I lopped an inch off the bottom all the way around, and it was a vast improvement. There is still a wrinkle at the sides, but it is much smaller. Maybe I'll cut them a little higher over the hip if it bugs me. That would mean binding the bottom for a third time so I'm going to leave that be for now. The whole bust support thing is working much better now, and the mockup of the dress I'm making fit just fine over them.