Thu 25 Dec 2008
Pattern: The Art of Kiltmaking by Barbary Tewksbury & Elsie Stuehmeyer
Started: 12.5.08
Finished (mostly): 12.24.08
Notes: 7 yard kilt with 25 pleats, each pleat is 5/8″ wide at waist with 2 1/2″ depth (folded under hidden depth).
This kilt was made with many unkilt-like modifications to the instructions given in the book. I knew I had neither the time or patience to hand sew the entire kilt, so I sewed almost all of it on the machine. My apologies to the authors.
These are preliminary photos, it is the first time it is being tried on. More work is required to finish the kilt, such as; adding the hip buckle and strap, fringe at apron edge and although this is not allowed in real kiltmaking, I will stitch down the edges of the pleats. I used inexpensive cotton fabric for this kilt, since I had no idea if it would turn out well enough to wear. The pleats are getting crushed when sat upon and no longer look tidy, hopefully edge stitching them will help.
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December 31st, 2008 at 10:29 am
A Kilt! What a nice surprise! Well, I will now be able to join the “kilt wearers” at work each Friday, if the business environment permits. I will look forward to wearing it about the city on our walks etc. It is a tremendous effort to make a Kilt. The fact that Cam made this for me in time for Christmas is very special indeed.