The Tudor Tailor: Women's Tudor Kirtles and Petticoats Pattern
The Tudor Tailor: Women's Tudor Kirtles and Petticoats Pattern includes patterns for Tudor-era ladies’ petticoats and kirtles, with or without sleeves. Ideal for 16th century impressions, with full instructions for choosing materials, and sizing and constructing garments. The Tudor Tailor: Women's Tudor Kirtles and Petticoats Pattern is based on documentary descriptions, extant examples, and paintings, including:
- Bodice worn under a gown by Eleanora of Toledo (died 1562) in Arnold, J (1985) Patterns of Fashion: The Cut and Construction of Clothes For Men and Women c1560-1620, London: Macmillan, 101
- Thomasine Petre’s accounts, 1555 - “3 yardes brode russet ... for a kyrtell”
- Detail from The field of the cloth of gold, undated, artist unknown, Royal Collection (Hampton Court Palace)
- Detail from The St Bartholomew’s day massacre, 1572 - Francois Dubois, Lausanne
This The Tudor Tailor: Women's Tudor Kirtles and Petticoats Pattern is available in two UK/US size groups:
- Smaller Sizes: 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
- Larger Sizes: 18, 20, 22, 24, 26
