Kilt #2: Murray of Atholl Ancient

**usonian** · 27th May 12, 09:18 AM

I attached the top band - by happy coincidence, the sett lines up on both the apron and underapron! The underapron wound up with a different center stripe because of the ABAC tartan pattern and 12" repeat; to match the same stripe would have meant either a very skimpy or very huge deep pleat.

And my studio now smells of wet wool; the kilt is pressed and almost ready for the home stretch, which I hope to finish before the long weekend is out.

(Pardon the weird saturation/contrast; I used a panorama stitcher to get a full end-to-end shot and unfortunately it doesn't lock the exposure for each component shot. That's also why you can see some faintly diverging/ghosted lines in the tartan in a few places.)

**usonian** · 30th May 12, 06:40 AM

Finished! Well, more or less - I'm going to need to move at least one of the buckles and/or straps just a little so the apron and underapron centers align correctly and everything lays smooth and snug across the front, but that's relatively minor surgery.

Again, pardon the crummy photos... when this rain goes away I'll try for better ones outside.