Gable hood... a beginning.
I am working on making gable hood mockups in poster board. They are from Margo's upcoming Tudor Ladies' wardrobe set (at the printers), and I will have these mockups and hopefully one finished gable hood at my class at CoCo in less than a month (eep!) along with my French hoods and Anne of Brittany mockups.
I had a minor issue in size pieces yesterday, but with Margo's great assistance, we have the pattern pieces size corrected. I found an updated pdf of the two pieces waiting in my email inbox this afternoon, for which I am grateful for Margo sending that to me before she went off to vacation (enjoy the trip!)
So today I drew off the new pieces onto posterboard, and taped together the various jigsaw pieces (which go together perfectly now), and put them on my head to see which size to make up, and what mods to make to work them into the time period I want this one for (1520s Tudor). You can do this in cardstock paper, I just knew it needed a little more firmness to handle the upcoming class when people will be trying them on (if only the tapes would hold better).
Size Large was too big for my big head (normally I am in men's sizes with some patterns). The Medium fits me just about right, and Small... it feels ok but is a little short for me, but I am not sure which to go with so I took pics of me wearing the Medium and Small sizes for comparison.
Gable hood mockup front view - size Medium
Gable mockup side view - size Medium
Gable mockup front - size Small
Gable mockup side view - size Small
Just for comparison, I am going for the style of Lady Mary Guildford, although there are others of the same decade among the images here.
More as things progress.
ETA: Decided to match my 1530s Tudor gown, and go with more of the Jane Seymour shaping instead, which is a little shorter than the Small sized frame at the frontlet (just a smidge), although I need the depth of the medium box for my head.
I had a minor issue in size pieces yesterday, but with Margo's great assistance, we have the pattern pieces size corrected. I found an updated pdf of the two pieces waiting in my email inbox this afternoon, for which I am grateful for Margo sending that to me before she went off to vacation (enjoy the trip!)
So today I drew off the new pieces onto posterboard, and taped together the various jigsaw pieces (which go together perfectly now), and put them on my head to see which size to make up, and what mods to make to work them into the time period I want this one for (1520s Tudor). You can do this in cardstock paper, I just knew it needed a little more firmness to handle the upcoming class when people will be trying them on (if only the tapes would hold better).
Size Large was too big for my big head (normally I am in men's sizes with some patterns). The Medium fits me just about right, and Small... it feels ok but is a little short for me, but I am not sure which to go with so I took pics of me wearing the Medium and Small sizes for comparison.
Gable hood mockup front view - size Medium
Gable mockup side view - size Medium
Gable mockup front - size Small
Gable mockup side view - size Small
Just for comparison, I am going for the style of Lady Mary Guildford, although there are others of the same decade among the images here.
More as things progress.
ETA: Decided to match my 1530s Tudor gown, and go with more of the Jane Seymour shaping instead, which is a little shorter than the Small sized frame at the frontlet (just a smidge), although I need the depth of the medium box for my head.