Any word on the new Margo Anderson Tudor?

[gem]

I've been watching her website and blog, waiting for news of the release, but so far, nothing!  I think they first thought it would be released in mid-March, then late April.... I was reading her listserv for a while but haven't had time in a few weeks.  Has anyone heard anything?

[Cilean]

I know, I am waiting along with you and have not yet heard of a new publish date.  I know she had drama in her real life, so hopefully we will see these soon.

I can recommend Tudor Tailor or Reconstructing History's patterns if you need some to work from.

Cilean

[flidais]

Have you checked her blogspot???  Don't know if there is any more current info on there, but worth checking.  Plus more the more Margo stuff the better. 

[margospatterns]

Hello - I'm Doug Gordon, Margo's business partner, and shipping guy for Historic Costume Patterns, a.k.a. Margo's Patterns.  I ran across your conversation while surfing this evening, and given your timely questions on the subject, I thought I'd drop in to give you a quick update.

I cannot give a definitive date at the moment, but we're really close.  The pattern drafting, the part that's been giving us the worst headache, is more or less complete, and I'm hoping to send that off to the printer in the next few days.  That leaves the manual, and Margo is working furiously on getting that done.  Our current back-of-the-envelope figure is about a month, but we're not quite ready to announce a specific date - we've burned ourselves too many times on that one when life intervened.

In the next week or so, we're hoping to launch a totally revamped website, and shortly thereafter, when we are a little firmer in our estimated time, we will announce it there, and begin to take pre-orders. I'm sorry I can't be any more specific than this, but we're working our hardest, and want to get it out to everyone just as soon as possible.  Keep an eye on the website, or any of the other places mentioned in the thread - I'm sure we'll shout it from the rooftops as soon as we can. 

Doug Gordon
Historic Costume Patterns
margospatterns.com

[sealion]

Thanks for the update Doug! We know you are doing your best to bring us a quality product and that it will be worth the wait, but we just can't help wanting it NOW! lol

[gem]

Huzzah!  Doug, thank you so much for dropping in to give us that news!  Best of luck with all that's going on, and thanks for taking the time to keep us posted.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

I too will be anxiously awaiting a new Tudor ensemble pattern from Margo. Her patterns are the best I have come across for garb for men and women with instructions and research that I deem priceless. 

Patterns from Margo are worth waiting for despite their price tags. I have several Tudor commissions coming up in 2010 that will require better instructions than what RECONSTRUCTING HISTORY provides with their Tudor Woman's pattern.

Any chance of a Gabled Hood pattern with this???

[sealion]

IIRC both gabled and french hood patterns are to be included.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

Lady Kathleen is jumping up and down with glee after reading about a H/A Gabled Hood pattern being included.

I hope the patterns are for men as well. Margo does wonders for men's garb too.

Both the festivals in Muskogee, OK and Waxahachie, TX are set in the Tudor periods more than Elizabethan. Though I saw a variety of eras blended in garb at both Festivals.

[gem]

You know she did a gabled hood blog entry, right?  Click here.

Also, in the Free Patterns from Historic Royal Palaces thread, I think the link included instructions for a gable hood (for children).

[margospatterns]

Hi, this is Doug Gordon from Historic Costume Patterns again.  I'm not sure how commercial I'm allowed to get in this particular forum, so I've made a more complete announcement over in the Merchants sub-forum, but since we had discussed this news a few weeks back here, I thought I'd also give an update here as well.

Historic Costume Patterns is happy to announce that we are now taking pre-orders on our new Tudor Lady's Wardrobe pattern.  We expect to begin delivering the pattern by mid-July.  To those asking what the status of this new project was, I invite you to our newly revamped website at margospatterns.com, and check out our new offering.  I hope you will be pleased by what you see!  Thanks so much!

Doug Gordon
Historic Costume Patterns

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

Thank you so much, Doug!!  I just pre-ordered the Tudor ensemble package.

Now what we will be excited about is an ensemble for the Men's Ensemble to go with the Women's.

[margospatterns]

The Men's version is certainly next on our agenda. 

Doug Gordon
Historic Costume Patterns

[NicoleBridget]

I just preordered mine as well!  I agree too, what makes Margo's pattern so wonderful is the manual they come with.  Very comprehensive for the novice seamstress.  Can't wait to get it!!!!

[gem]

Can't wait to tell Milord I've ordered myself an early birthday present (which will then become a late birthday present, with the ship date!). Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!