Kilt Jacket pattern

**Prester John** · 6th December 05, 12:38 PM

Friends

My wife wants to make me a charcoal tweed jacket and 5 button vest like the one at Scottishkilts.net.

There is a good pattern available from Folkwear for a PC, but the only argyll pattern I can see is from Simplicity, and I've been warned about those being too simple to be very good for what we are after.

Any suggestions? And, no, I don't have access to a jacket I could make a pattern from. I'd have done it if I did.

Help!

**MacMullen** · 6th December 05, 01:17 PM

I have the pattern for the Simplicity Kilt and Argyll jacket (Pattern #5029) and it looks to be a good pattern. The kilt in that pattern is an 8 yard traditional. Look for it on sale at JoAnn's and you can possibly get it for $2.00. Then, if you decide that it's not for you, you're only out $2.00. :grin:

The Simplicity pattern that you want to stay away from is pattern #8913, the Celtic Costume Collection.

**Prester John** · 6th December 05, 01:19 PM

haha I already bought it on sale for a dollar.

And I'm not even Scottish!

**MacMullen** · 6th December 05, 01:29 PM

Well, then, you can look at it yourself! :grin:

The jacket looks like it's fully lined, and it has everything a good jacket needs. I asked my wife what she thought of Simplicity patterns in general and she said that they were nice, but she likes Vogue the best. She's made all of my suits from Vogue patterns. Unfortunately, Vogue isn't interested in kilts and accessories.

That said, she made my kilt using this pattern, and from the construction, you couldn't tell it apart from the $500 kilt at the Burn's Supper I attended last month. In fact, my pleats were 1/2" deeper.

Of course, his was wool and mine wasn't, but we'll soon remedy that!

**Prester John** · 6th December 05, 01:43 PM

Thanks for that information.

I'll get my wife to look at it again. She also likes Vogue better, or McCalls, and is considering getting a regular jacket pattern and adjusting it herself.

I need to get a kilt!

**MacMullen** · 6th December 05, 01:58 PM

Well, then, all you need is some tartan fabric and you can put your wife to work on your kilt! I was surpised to hear you confess at the end of the Kirkin service that you don't actually own a kilt! And here you have 300 posts! Get to it! :grin:

If you use the kilt pattern, you should buy the leather straps from Stillwater Kilts(?) and sew those on yourself. The Simplicity pattern has you making straps out of fabric with interfacing inside and brass eyelets. I like them, but I'd rather have leather, although they're covered by my kilt belt. You'd only need two straps for the Simplicity pattern. Read Matt's Blog on how many straps. I agree with him so far - two straps is more comfortable.

**Sherry** · 6th December 05, 01:59 PM

There is a dearth of men's jacket patterns. The Simplicity pattern should work out just fine for the jacket, perhaps with some reference to a book on jacket tailoring.

I would never use the kilt pattern in the Simplicity pattern. You can't control how the vertical stripes line up with it. It would probably be fine for camo or solid fabrics.

Sherry