So silly

I got out my last full Regency corset mockup, picked off the ridiculous number of stray threads clinging to it, tried it on with a shift underneath, and honestly, it fit better than I remembered! I had to unpick the tucks I'd put in the gussets "for more uplift" (part of why it was too tight) and unsewed the front of the straps (which pulled it up way too high, the other part of why it was too tight), but it's pretty decent now. I've put some quick eyelets in for the front of the straps and I'll try it on properly again tomorrow, but I think my memory of how bad it fit was somewhat skewed and I might be at "let's bind this sucker and someday when I feel I've got the time I can use this as a pattern for a nice hand-sewn, accurate corset". The eyelets may be somewhat too far under my arms now, but of course the beauty of tie-on straps is that you can very easily move the attachment points.