Guatemalan tartan Kilt

**AndresPapousek** · 24th June 08, 04:36 PM

Hi folks!

This could go in tartan forum too but I will post here couse is more logic for me, and I will continue posting as this Kilt progress.

I want to make a second Kilt and try a knife pleated one (first was a one color XKilt) but here in Honduras we not have wool tartans. Actually the only plaided fabric is a syntethic fabric that are used for school uniforms, really light and flamable.

A few month ago I go to a weding party in Guatemala

that was really cool

Anyway, in Guatemala they make traditional fabrics with plaids. And is the same than tartans: each comunity has it own design. So I was to the market and buy a traditional women skirt, wich thay call a "corte". Is a long piece of cotton fabric joined by the ends makint a big tube, for wearing it a woman go inside that tube and wrap all the frabric around her.

So I buy it and cut it for made a Kilt.

This is the "San Juan Sacatepequez" corte/tartan

My self cuting the fabric for joing it (is a lot more than for the Xkilt!!)

And the way I decide to make the pleats. not to the set (to tinny) not to the stripe (not a real diferent stripe) so I made it to generate a new pattern in the pleats than in the apron. So you could say is inspired as pleated to a stripe.

I will continue posting here as I take more pics.

"Saludos"
Andres Papousek