Cotton tartan twill and pleats?

[MacWage]

Guys (and gals),

I am making a cotton kilt out of some of The Scottish Weaver's cotton material, namely in Carolina tartan. It is supposedly 11 or 12 oz. I was wondering how well it holds a pleat. I would prefer making a box pleat (as it would look better for my purposes), BUT am unsure of it would hold the pleats well enough. I DO NOT want to re-iron them every cleaning. Otherwise, I will be making the material into a side/knife pleat, as these are easier to re-iron/press.

What is ya'll's experieces with this material?

Thanks in advance!

[cavscout]

"Cotton twill" as in the material Freedom Kilts make's his kilts out of, only in tartan? (and UK's too )

If so, I never realized there was such an animal.

I imagine it would behave similar to any other cotton kilt (barring the cotton flannel at sport kilts).

You should get with Riverkilt (Ron) and get the 411 on his Super Dooper Handy Dandy Iron less kilt Ironing Hangers. He reports he never has to iron after washing by using them. Some assembly required but not difficult or expensive. They use gravity to tension the pleat into shape.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Many many years ago, before I really knew much about making kilts, I tried making a 4 yard box pleated kilt out of this very tartan material (12 oz. cotton twill from The Scottish Weaver, Carolina tartan).

Let me just say this. Unless you want to iron it after every time you wear it, don't bother. This fabric is great for various uses, but a man's kilt is not one of them.

I saw an 8 yard knife pleated kilt made from the same cloth once, and it looked better than the 4 yard. The deeper pleats held their shape much better. But the owner ended up selling it simply because he never wore it -- he didn't like ironing it after each wearing.

Cotton is great for table covers, lady's skirts, jumpers, shirts, banners, and all manner of applications. But for a man's kilt, stick with wool!

Aye,
Matt

[sirdaniel1975]

Many many years ago, before I really knew much about making kilts, I tried making a 4 yard box pleated kilt out of this very tartan material (12 oz. cotton twill from The Scottish Weaver, Carolina tartan).

Matt, I remember that kilt, it was 1998...

[Johnny Celtic]

Cotton is great for table covers, lady's skirts, jumpers, shirts, banners, and all manner of applications. But for a man's kilt, stick with wool!

Aye,
Matt

What about the cotton canvas kilts? I believe they're 10 or 11 oz or are ya'll talking about a different fabric?

[MacWage]

What about the cotton canvas kilts? I believe they're 10 or 11 oz or are ya'll talking about a different fabric?

I (and Matt) are refering to:
http://www.thescottishweaver.com/cot...aidfabric.html

[M. A. C. Newsome]

What about the cotton canvas kilts? I believe they're 10 or 11 oz or are ya'll talking about a different fabric?

Different kind of fabric. The canvas kilts are made from an army duck cloth. Yes, they are 100% cotton, but it's much stiffer stuff and holds a pleat better.

M