I've had this black canvas hanging around for a while and finally decided to make another kilt. I built a more traditional last time and this time I lowered the waist about an inch and a half for a sportier fit. I admit I used a lot of Rocky's (USAK) design elements in it after receiving my Ireland's National Casual.
I simplified the construction by just laying out the over apron with taper, Then just marking out all of the pleats until I reached my hip size and then added one more deep pleat. Pressed them and sewed along the edge of each pleat ala USAK.
Then I did some math and figured I need to taper 14 pleats by 1 cm. Marked them out and sewed them down.
Here we are at about 2 hours in to it.
Sewed on a waist band and velcro closure as well as 4 belt loops and wore it today. Took about 3 1/2 hours it would have taken less time but I had to hem it as there was no selvedge.
It gets easier every time you make one. I'm not sure I like a black kilt. I think I look like a referee. O'Neille
Originally Posted by O'Neille
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