The cording is done, and both pieces have gone through the washer and drier unharmed. It's hard to find time to do another fitting, so I've been doing some unnecessary quilting on the back and reinforcing the back edges of the lacing with cord and heavy wool strips in preparation for putting in eyelets. I also noticed (a little late, perhaps) that the lacing edges for the front and back are nowhere near the same length. Fortunately I'm not so committed that I can't change the shape of the front piece to make everything fit.