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Just got my book! I am having difficulty figuring out the ratio to transfer the pattern into my size. I can't find a key to the grid paper and being that two...
Hi Katie, The key to the grids is on page 52. The grids are 1/8" to 1" for all of the patterns except the hat patterns which are 1/4" to 1". You don't need a...
To piggyback off the kirtle question: It's definately enough support. I had good luck with side lacing on both sides, and laced it so tight I felt faint. I...
hey you guys, I have a sizing question for you. I have the Henrican dress pattern from the Tudor tailor website (as I'm not confident enough to draft it from...
I found the size charts here to be very helpful. http://www.usatourist.com/english/tips/womens-sizes.html Karen Known as Baroness Doune in some places ...
Hi I have the tudor tailor book. I have constructed quite a few bresses and mens garb from the book. The patterns in the book are 1/8" grid they need to be...
Another thing you can use is interfacing with the 1" grid printed on it. Then you can pin it and try on. _____ From: Tudor_Tailor_Reader@yahoogroups.com ...
My solution was to go to a fabric store and purchase a large cardboard work surface. it folds up smaller, and has a 1" grid marked on it. I had a roll of...
Ever since I got one of the first of the Tudor Tailor books I've been going crazy trying to find the documentation for one of the items. The first is the...
... Yes, those gowns were made by Ninya for Jane and her group of costumed re-enactors/stewards at Hampton Court. ... I know what you mean by the "cheek"...
There is a misunderstanding here. I am not talking about the fact that in many cases the colorful and decorated part of the hood curves around and cups the...
Wanda, Perhaps you could scan the picture and draw an arrow to what you are talking about. Bess and I (and perhaps others) are confused by what you are...
... <mailto:Tudor_Tailor_Reader@yahoogroups.com> , "Wanda Pease" ... that in many cases the ... appears to fold up from ... hood is pined to was ... Tudor...
... Hi Wanda, Ninya just contacted me and asked me to post the following in response to your post. Regards Bess. Hi Wanda, When did you visit Hampton Court and...
As soon as I unbury my scanner :-) although I don't think you will be able to see it because of the pixals. However you do seem to have what I mean in the...
We were at Hampton court in October of 2005. There were five of us so we rented an apartment on the Isle of Dogs which proved to be something of a mistake....
Hello! ::waves:: First post, huzzah! Anyways, I'm still in the first few years of my reenacting, and I volunteer as an actor at the Washington Renaissance...
You've got a lot of questions here, but I'll answer the ones I know about. 1. It make no difference hand or machine sewen. I made the smock by hand and I...
I'm sure I've asked this before, but I've lost the original. I never got around to actually MAKING a costume for him; I just borrowed various bits from his old...
Hi there Sarah, Now mind that I am no history expert.But it seems to me he is still young enough that you may get away with just a smock on him. I do not know...
Hi there neighbor..I am going to say one thing about your choice of garb you want to make..with the heat, if you make the kirtle and smock, wear a light...
A smock was worn by both girls and boys until they wear potty trained. After that they would of been in leggings. If yhou can get him to keep it on a small...
... Hi Kelsey, Welcome to the Tudor Talk List. ... All the patterns can be hand sewn. However, to make things more "authentic" do hand FINISH. E.g all the...
Thanks. I think I'll make him a linen smock and some cotton ones so he has some color. He isn't a "hat person," but I was thinking of at least putting a ...
Kelsey, I machine sewed everything, but there are some things that cannot be done that way. Like the french hood had to mostly be hand sewn. I spent a lot of...
Hi Sarah, I have had great success with hats on a child in sunny weather. Just make a simple coif which ties under the chin, then use hat pins to attach a...
here is what I did for my 2 year old son http://sewingnuts.blogspot.com/search/label/Edward%20VI%20recreation Anora Sable, in pile a rose slipped and leaved...
... year 2 with > my full costume, (but I had to take a lot of breaks.) But I've seen some > people on these boards who claim to have done a french gown in 5...