Kilt yardage question

[The Wizard of BC]

At Kilt Kamp in 2012 we had a lady make a hostess length kilt. This was not a typical hostess skirt but a full kilt just like a man would wear, just hostess length.
The fabric for this kilt measured out at 6.23 yards of almost double-width fabric. Or the equivalent of a man's kilt with 12.46 yards of 16oz wool.
That beast weighed in at over 11 pounds. For a Lady who weighed about 110 pounds soaking wet.

here is one of the guys trying to lift this thing. You can see from the sagging what a problem this much fabric would cause.



And here is a pic of Barb T. at the second Kilt Kamp demonstrating what just 8 yards looks like.

[Pleater]

My 'secret weapon' when making kilts is the military style webbing I put into the waistband.

When the front of the waistband has been sewn on I fold the back of it over the webbing and turn it down. I ease in an inch or so of the kilt's waistline so that there is less strain on it, as that reduces wear.

The webbing resists twisting and sagging even though I do not put in the reinforcements beneath the fell which a more tailored kilt would have.

Note how Barb T. is a dyed in the wool kiltmaker - the correct element of the tartan is centred.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: