Henry's gown mock up

Last night I worked on the mock up of the gown my stuffed bear Henry is going to wear for Costume Con. I am using the pattern in the Tudor Talior scaled way down. The first mock up was a bit long so I cut 3 inches off the bottom. Now I think it might be a wee bit short. So I might had about half an inch back. Today I will hopefully work on the sleeve mock ups and then take pics and put them on my site. I will put the link on here when I do. 
The plan is to also cut out the pattern pieces for the steam punk apron. Or at least the skirt pieces. I will probably have to do a mock up of the bodice part to get that just right. I need to wash the wool first though. Anyone have any special advice for washing wool. I keep having visions of it shrinking away to nothing. 

Henry's gown sleeve mock up

 The sleeves are not going together quite as easily as the gown part did. I am sure i am just reading the instructions wrong making it alot more difficult then it really is but as of right now my head just hurts. So I am putting it aside until later otherwise I will get frusterated with it and not want to play with it again for a long time. I threw a small sample scrap of the wool into the wash, cold water, gentle cycle, to see what happens to it. If everything is okay I will throw the main portion of the fabric so I can work on the apron tomorrow. Now to go find or start something else to do.