YAY! It turned out really actually. The waist is huge but with the drawstring it's pretty close to perfect. The first half turned out to be really wide, so I did the second half a lot narrower and I was afraid it wouldn't really work and I'd have to start all over, but it was pretty perfect. I didn't use the ribbon at all. For the lace part I just put a couple rows of straight stitch which looks fine, and for the top I used 6 lines of yarn which was leftover, knotted at the ends, for the drawstring, which I think looks really nice. Yay! I was also afraid that the stitch was going to be too loose and I'd have to line it but I think it turned out ok. Definitely have to be careful which underwear I'll wear with it though. In a couple of the pictures you can check out, for your viewing pleasure, my gorgeous support hose. Ugh.