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A grey velveteen (or as I'm calling it "mockado") gown with a grey cotton lining and black velveteen cuffs. It is based on Holbein's drawing of an "English woman walking" A few zillion hooks and bars are on the overlapping front, I think I sewed most of them while watching Henry V. "We few, we happy few.."

I'm wearing my brown/green wool kirtle under it. The sash is from my left over wool from the Unicorn inspired gown, it still needs tassels on the end but it is wearable as is.

I went with a traditional gabled hood, (still researching the one from the drawing) based on the Tudor Tailor pattern with a few small changes. This is version 3 of it as I had to keep tweaking proportions and such even after making a mock up.
I was rather paranoid about it being too large and wanted to avoid the movie look of "my hat is eating my head!"

It is made from fused buckram, wire, quilt batting, and linen. The front lappets, the back box and sad bunny ears veil as I call them are out of linen as well, the velvet I was going to use decided to wander off. When I find it I'll remake those sections and pin and tack them into place for a more upscale look.

Description
A grey velveteen (or as I'm calling it "mockado") gown with a grey cotton lining and black velveteen cuffs. It is based on Holbein's drawing of an "English woman walking" A few zillion hooks and bars are on the overlapping front, I think I sewed most of them while watching Henry V. "We few, we happy few.."

I'm wearing my brown/green wool kirtle under it. The sash is from my left over wool from the Unicorn inspired gown, it still needs tassels on the end but it is wearable as is.

I went with a traditional gabled hood, (still researching the one from the drawing) based on the Tudor Tailor pattern with a few small changes. This is version 3 of it as I had to keep tweaking proportions and such even after making a mock up.
I was rather paranoid about it being too large and wanted to avoid the movie look of "my hat is eating my head!"

It is made from fused buckram, wire, quilt batting, and linen. The front lappets, the back box and sad bunny ears veil as I call them are out of linen as well, the velvet I was going to use decided to wander off. When I find it I'll remake those sections and pin and tack them into place for a more upscale look.