18th century help

[robinsnest]

Hey people who do more 18th century than I do. I'm helping my friend Alice fit her Caraco. She's based it on PoF pg 24. 

She's got a couple fitting issues going on, the biggest being that the waist is way too low, so ignore the big waist wrinkles we already know how to fit those.


My question is about the center front. It's WAY too big, to get it nice and taught over her stays she needs to take in over an inch, which makes the little points look...skinny. SO is it period to just leave them off? 

Exhibit A:                                                                                         Exhibit B:

                                

Again we know the way to deal with the massive waist wrinkles, the question is there any precedent for leaving off the little tabby bits.

Thanks! 

Comments

Re: alterations...

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

It has side back seams and the back fits perfectly, so really the place it wants to come in is the CF