Update

Sorry I haven’t posted recently regarding the hood. This is because I could not stretch the fabric around the moulding no matter how much I tried or heated it. As a result and following a conversation with Andy at GD, the hood fabric has been sent back to the trimmers to ease the stitching holding the piping in place. This appeared to be stopping the fabric from stretching around the moulding and so it was about 50mm (2 inches) short at each side!