Same ?? but with better pictures

The new stays from the front. I cut off the sides of the front and rebinded (is that a word?) the edges. That helped a lot in making it look better but also, to make sure these fit!

From the side. I suppose this picture is the most telling if they do look like 18th century stays or not. I know the front is curved wrong (since I used it from a different corset that I cut up) but does it look right else where?

EDIT: I started to add the pieces that will make the front look more correct and, for whatever reason, I half feel like leaving it like that and just adding whiskers.... ;-)

I am going to make the front more curved the correct way and see if that helps.

Another EDIT: Because I have to share this pair. I remembered seeing it on ebay a month or so ago (I think). I'm guessing it's a homemade transitional pair (late 18th, early 19th. They figured out the form but not how it was achieved.). Okay, back to piecing my stays and *hope* they look okay.

Okay, same ?? but this time with a poll!

Oh, and new pictures. I pieced the front so it has more of a correct curve I hope. I know the piecing looks a bit off because I used white muslin against the unbleached muslin but I couldn't find the unbleached muslin and I just want a pair of stays by the end of the day. If it's not this pair, then some other pair I'll have to make.

From the side view. That one is probably the better picture. So, poll time!

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Last post on the stays, I swear.

First, sorry for spamming everyone on this. I just knew they didn't look quite right and I couldn't figure out why. Thanks to the suggestions from both estela_dufrayse and blackcat452, they look much better. Now...to go fit the pattern for the dress....