Greeting and X-kilt endeavor

[Razbarry]

Hi everyone. I have been enjoying the site for quite a while. I have wanted a kilt for many years and after finding this site broke down and purchased a Sport Kilt. Now I am hooked (now I have a second more traditional).

Now I want one for just around the house and decided I would take on an X-kilt. Alan H. - the X-kilt instructions are outstanding. I was laying out the pleats last night and I am just not understanding the direction of the first and last pleat or as Alan term them the 1st and last "forward-facing inner pleat. Can someone help me to visual this? Isn't this just a continuation of the underapron? is it like this _5.25_\--/_3_underapron or _5.25_\--/_3_\-----underapron. (Not really sure how to represent this.)

Also, when bar-tacking the pleats, do the 6-7 zig-zag stitches go along the fell line (across) or along the pleat line (up and down)?

I also came up with a measuring system for the marking the pleats. I cut a 3-in and 5.25 in piece of tempered hardboard as templates. This saved measuring these over and over. I just dropped marked, dropped and marked.

Razbarry

[James MacMillan]

[starbkjrus]

from Northern Virginia!


Sorry, can't help you in the kiltmaking department but I'm sure someone will chime in.

[BEEDEE]

from coastal North Carolina. Send Alan a PM with your question - he will respond.

Brian

[CactusJack]

Hello and From The Great State of Missouri, Good luck on you kilt..

[McClef]

from South Wales UK!

[ccga3359]

Welcome from Ontario Canada. Any questions about the X Kilt pm Alan_H on this forum. It's his design and he's honoured by all those Xkilts made.

[ChattanCat]

from Kansas City. Sorry, I only have made traditional kilts.

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

Welcome! Maybe I can help, having made a few X-Kilts and having had the opportunity to show them off to the originator of the "pattern".

.... I am just not understanding the direction of the first and last pleat or as Alan term them the 1st and last "forward-facing inner pleat. Can someone help me to visual this? Isn't this just a continuation of the underapron? is it like this _5.25_\--/_3_underapron or _5.25_\--/_3_\-----underapron. (Not really sure how to represent this.)

The inner pleat next to the underapron just lies underneath the last pleat (the full 3 inches goes under that box pleat and sort of doubles up with the half of the 5.25 inches of the next inner pleat), but technically you could just add this 3 inches to your allowance for the underapron, yes. The forward facing large pleat that lies underneath the apron can be quite large (and in fact, I would recommend making it very large, as this gives plenty of room for "opening up" when sitting down and keeps the apron from pulling the pleats out of alignment on the side). There is also another 3 inch inner pleat here which is not forward facing (just goes under the first pleat, similarly to the one next to the under apron)

Also, when bar-tacking the pleats, do the 6-7 zig-zag stitches go along the fell line (across) or along the pleat line (up and down)?

Along the pleat line (up and down)

I also came up with a measuring system for the marking the pleats. I cut a 3-in and 5.25 in piece of tempered hardboard as templates. This saved measuring these over and over. I just dropped marked, dropped and marked.

Razbarry

What a great idea! Why didn't I think of that?

I hope I was helpful, but if you want pictures, just check out these threads:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=25353

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=26970

And last, but not least

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=29218

Be well,

[MysticMead]

from North Georgia! good luck on the X-Kilt..and make sure to post pics when it's done