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Gable hoods

  • Apr. 14th, 2009 at 2:35 PM
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Who on my f-list has made a gable hood? I'm not happy with the results I'm getting using the Tudor Tailor technique. Anyone have good luck with the TT or any other construction method?

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[info]koshka_the_cat wrote:
Apr. 15th, 2009 01:05 am (UTC)
It sounds like I made mine pretty much the same way Bess did. I used buckram for all the pieces though.

I also put striped silk (which I had to paint myself--fun stuff!) in the front part. To make it stand properly on my head, I put linen rolls behind the striped silk.

I'm not 100% satisfied with the drapery bits, as I think the white part needs more coverage, but I am happy with my basic hat part of it. Fortunately that's easy to fix when I get another chance to wear it :)

I took pictures at each step. Here's a link to my Facebook album. I listed it as public, so it should work--let me know if it doesn't.

I may not be crazy about Facebook, but the album feature does seem to be the easiest out there. Plus, lots of people I know from college, so that's good :)
[info]koshka_the_cat wrote:
Apr. 15th, 2009 06:23 am (UTC)
Oh--I just remembered something. To get the shape of the frame, first I made the undercap (I think I'm using that right), bent it until I was happy with the shape, traced it and started from there to get the shape of the frame. Sort of backwards, but it worked for me!
[info]myladyswardrobe wrote:
Apr. 15th, 2009 07:30 am (UTC)
I buckrummed everything as well except the veil tsils - I acrually used and iron on vilene in those! worked very well indeed.

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