John wrote:
Atta Girl. I love plaids that match. I have done a few
shirts wherein
the breast pocket is lost in the pattern. Love it.
John

A couple of those links were reversed, sorry. You really
haven't lived until you make a real kilt from genuine
Scottish tartan. I made several kilted skirts when I was in
high school, so when my DD asked if I would make my
granddaughter's competition kilt I said sure, thinking I
would sew it on the sewing machine.

Almost every stitch in a real kilt is sewn by hand. Took me
44 hours on the "practice" kilt, 50 on the real deal. All
the pleats are stitched down from the waist to the bottom of
the "fell" (the hip level), the facings are all hand sewn in
place, the lining is hand sewn, there is darted hair canvas
in the hip area (I'll get pictures of that process up
later), a waist stay... with the exception of the first row
of stitching on the CB join and the application of the
waistband, *everything* is stitched by hand. I thought it
was nuts, but came to realize it's the only way to get all
those pleats to match perfectly.

This is the book I used to guide me through the process:
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Kilt-Makin.../dp/0970375107

I am looking forward to making a pleated-to-the-sett kilt
for my son-in-law.

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Beverly
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