Black guards on Tudor gown
The black guards are done!! I am not sure I like how the areas that had to curve slightly came out. I will try to steam them into shape later. But the ends all worked out, nothing got bunched up, and the straight sections are all straight. One thing to note about the curved sections is that when handsewing the underside, it is best to first clip the curved section (which I did on the bias, since the guards were cut on the cross grain), then pin down the straight sections on both sides of the curve first, then pin down the curved sections, easing them into place.
Thankfully, all those fuzzy black threads and such are now tucked away in the guards themselves. So now it is cleanup time. Most of my room has been vacuumed, although I am finding more now that I sat down at this keyboard. I will do more cleanup later, as I am tired. I did take a couple of shots of the guard being handsewn, but I won't have time to upload those until after this weekend.
Next up is the shoulder straps of the kirtle and gown, which really will be done tomorrow night at this point. I don't want to deal with them tonight. So, I will work on the girdle tomorrow afternoon, and if I have time, pattern out the partlet, since I cannot do anything more on the sleeve pattern until I know how big the gown armhole is going to be.
Oh, I can try to do something for a foresleeve piece, but I wanted to make it in the pretty peach and gold silk that I only have scraps of. And while I have thought of taking some inconspicuous parts of the kirtle skirt to make full pieces for the foresleeve, and replacing it with patchwork silk, I won't know which parts I can steal from until I've worn the whole thing once. So, I figured I would use my old foresleeve, which is a period thing to do. Period in that the foresleeves didn't have to match the forepart of the kirtle.
And a note from reading the book I have been praising... it comments that guards embroidered in goldwork is period appropriate for Henry VIII's time frame. How early or late it wasn't clear on, but records of it was found in his clothing inventory of 1547. Also comments were made of other nobles having the same (one of the dukes, and I don't remember when). While I don't have immediate plans to do so, this would be one way to add period 'bling' to the gown for next Hanford.
Edit: Ok, I totally blanked that while the skirt is done, it still needs to be attached to the bodice! Duh!! So, must put that onto the list of things to do.
Thankfully, all those fuzzy black threads and such are now tucked away in the guards themselves. So now it is cleanup time. Most of my room has been vacuumed, although I am finding more now that I sat down at this keyboard. I will do more cleanup later, as I am tired. I did take a couple of shots of the guard being handsewn, but I won't have time to upload those until after this weekend.
Next up is the shoulder straps of the kirtle and gown, which really will be done tomorrow night at this point. I don't want to deal with them tonight. So, I will work on the girdle tomorrow afternoon, and if I have time, pattern out the partlet, since I cannot do anything more on the sleeve pattern until I know how big the gown armhole is going to be.
Oh, I can try to do something for a foresleeve piece, but I wanted to make it in the pretty peach and gold silk that I only have scraps of. And while I have thought of taking some inconspicuous parts of the kirtle skirt to make full pieces for the foresleeve, and replacing it with patchwork silk, I won't know which parts I can steal from until I've worn the whole thing once. So, I figured I would use my old foresleeve, which is a period thing to do. Period in that the foresleeves didn't have to match the forepart of the kirtle.
And a note from reading the book I have been praising... it comments that guards embroidered in goldwork is period appropriate for Henry VIII's time frame. How early or late it wasn't clear on, but records of it was found in his clothing inventory of 1547. Also comments were made of other nobles having the same (one of the dukes, and I don't remember when). While I don't have immediate plans to do so, this would be one way to add period 'bling' to the gown for next Hanford.
Edit: Ok, I totally blanked that while the skirt is done, it still needs to be attached to the bodice! Duh!! So, must put that onto the list of things to do.