First attempt to make a kilt

[AlanBrown]

Hello Raddle!

As I said in my presentation I have attempted to make a full kilt literally starting from scratch. Please note that I said "attempted" because I was not sure of what final look I wanted to get. Finally I made this "similar to kilt" with a non-traditional design, even if it was not my objective. I am aware that this is not the way a traditional kilt is made, but since I got to like the final results I want to share it with you to hear your opinions!.

Let's get down to business:
At first I didn't know where to start so I just figured out to start with the kilt itself and went to an antique cloth shop and bought a good piece of wool plaid fabric. I copied the sewing from my girlfriend's old school skirt and let a straight part on the front, with fringes at the end. I also added an extra piece of cloth in the inner part to prevent scratchy segments. For the strap I used synthetic leather and a silver buckle.
The final results:
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As soon as I finished that I started looking for a Belt and buckle but I couldn't find anything even similar to what I was loking so I started doing the sporran with the hope of finding it later. I wish I had known this page before because it would have saved me a lot of work. I started with a piece of synthetic leather (same of the kilt strap) marked and cutted an U shaped piece freehand and tryied to make it look like a sporran but it was impossible. At the end I decided to make it in 2 pieces: one for the bag part and the other for the top, and it worked!. Then I sewed a straight piece of leather on the back side to hold the chain, big enoguh to prevent rotation. At last I added the 3 metal buttons, laces and tassels. Here it's finished:
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I was still looking for the belt, but at that point I realized I will not be able to find one so I bought a stainless steel plate and marked it with a hammer and a screwdriver. Rustic? yes! did it worked? you can tell:
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For the final details I made a pair of red flashes and a black bonnet.
The final outfit looked like this:
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