Surprises inside a custom Scottish-made kilt

[bonnie heather]

Uh-oh! Now I'm thinking... Where do we draw the line? In addition to 8-9 yard "tanks", I also make a variety of lower yardage woolen kilts. For 7, 6, 5, and 4 yard kilts I automatically do the waist stabilizer, steeking and canvas with tailor basting.

But when it gets down to 3 yard kilts for children or for mini-kilts... then my mind-set changes. For kids, I want to keep the fabric in tact for future alterations and don't want to do the cut-outs. For mini-kilts... there's so little fabric that I don't think it needs heavy reinforcement.

So that all comes to the question of when is a kilt.. Not a kilt? I'd say if it's a Real kilt, it needs all the time and effort necessary to build it right and keep it in good shape for now and for generations to come.