I'm not going to bind the top till I've done the eyelets and tried the fit just in case I need to adjust the straps and armhole.
The outside of the stays.
The inside of the stays, rather messy.
And here you can see one half pinned on my dress form which is of course slightly larger than me and solid rather than squidgy. But you get the idea.
I'm going to spiral lace the front and cross lace the back.