Kilt Kamp 2013 - details and registration!!!

**Barb T** · 14th January 13, 10:21 AM

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Now accepting registrations for Kilt Kamp 2013
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Where: Clinton, NY (about an hour east of Syracuse)

When: July 28 – August 1, 2013

What: Kilt Kamp is the place for you to learn how to make a kilt for the first time, extend your kiltmaking to a new kind of kilt, or just have a great time making your umpteenth kilt in the company of kiltmaking friends. Whether you want to make a hand-sewn traditional kilt (knife pleated, box pleated, or Kingussie) or a machine-sewn contemporary kilt (maybe even with hidden pockets!), Kilt Kamp is the place to do it and have fun at the same time.

You will sign up for either the Traditional Kilt course or the Contemporary Kilt course, but you can move freely between the two. Space is limited – 8 registrants in the trad course and 8 in the contemporary course. Registration is first come, first served, although XMarkers will have first priority for registrations received before March 1.

Instructors: Barbara Tewksbury (author of The Art of Kiltmaking) and Steve Ashton (owner of Freedom Kilts)

Dates: Class starts at 8 am on Sunday, July 28th and will be over in the evening on Thursday, August 1. If you come a day early, you can join us for the Great American Irish Festival on Saturday, July 27. Great musical entertainment plus a pipe band competition.

Cost: $350, plus meals, lodging, and supplies (you provide fabric). Dorm housing is available in single rooms on campus at $45/night, or you can make your own housing arrangements.

Registration: An email to btewksbu@hamilton.edu plus a deposit of $200 will secure you a place, with the balance due no later than July 1. Once you are registered, you will receive additional info on logistics and supplies.

**Joanne Graham** · 15th January 13, 02:55 PM

Yahoo! I finally remember my password (and finish my son's kilt!) and check in just in time for info about 2013 Kilt Kamp. Congrats to you and Steve for putting this together. I shall be registering soon.

**Barb T** · 16th January 13, 06:15 AM

Marvy - will be great to have you! We already have 5 people (including you) who are in the process of registering!

**Grizzled Ian** · 11th March 13, 07:30 AM

Good evening,

I've just finished reading the thread from the 2012 iteration, run by the Wizard of BC and the Kiltmaker Emeritus at Steve's place, and what a grand time did K-Knome reveal with her photography. Seems instruction and achievement were well leavened with story and mirth.

I'm not going to bring a boomerang or a model of the Sydney Opera House. I do undertake to bring something that's got nothing to do with kilts or kilt accessories, but has a story to it about me and where I come from. Just a suggestion that another attendee might consider bringing their own ice-breaker.

Last year there was already a good thread bubbling along by this stage of March. I hope to heck I'm not the only attendee this year, although I guess I wouldn't mind the personal tuition!

Cheers,

**Barb T** · 13th March 13, 02:33 PM

Definitely not the only one! We have 11 so far with 3 more "likelies" in the hopper! If anyone coming wants to get rolling with intros using this thread, that would be great!

**The Wizard of BC** · 13th March 13, 03:56 PM

OK, I'll start off.

If you have ever wanted to make a kilt but the idea of hand-stitching seems daunting, or if you want a kilt made out of something other than Wool Tartan, or if you want a kilt that fits differently than a Traditional kilt then perhaps the Contemporary kiltmaking course is for you.

The Contemporary Kilt making course is a bit different from the Traditional Kiltmaking course.
It is not a step-by-step course. We will concentrate on your individual needs and style.
Each Contemporary Kilt is an individual garment. They suit individual needs and desires. It is a time for brainstorming and asking "what if".

We will cover the major and minor differences between a Traditional and Contemporary Kilt.
You will see and feel some of the fabrics that a Contemporary kilt can be made from and why some are better than others.
You will learn how to lay out the parts of a kilt.
You will learn about different construction techniques.
You will get hints and tips about what works and what doesn't.
By the end of the course you should have a firm experience base to build almost any type of kilt.

Do to limited availability of sewing machines and irons not everyone may be able to finish a kilt during the course. You will have the knowledge to continue and finish your kilt on your own.

I will ask you to bring your fabric, thread and any extras you need like interfacing or lining fabric.

If you have a portable sewing machine please consider bringing it.

If you have questions about the course, about what fabric you should bring, or anything else, please remember that I am simply an email, phone or Skype call away.

(And yes, because I have been asked, I will have the Dress Blue Tartan kilt available for anyone who would like to see what I think is the world's first Fully Traditional, Hand-Sewn Kilt with Pockets.)