I sent my Powell of Wales cilt back to The Welsh Tartan Centre in Swansea because the tartan at the top was distorting and the stitching was straining to the point where daylight was showin through. I thought from reading other posts that there was no stabilizer sewn into the cilt. This was the response I got after they'd had it back almost 2 weeks:

Hope you are well, apologies for the delay in replying, but I sent your Cilt away to those who made it after carefully studying it myself.

I have made hundreds of Cilts in exactly the same way as this and indeed my own casual Cilt is of the same construction. Not once has it been suggested that there is anything missing inside Mel.

The consensus is that Cilt is being worn too tight? The reasoning behind this is that the stitching throughout the back of the Cilt is stressing, and exaggerated in the part you can see when you hold it up to the light as you asked me to do. The tartan is also being distorted for the same reason.

Can I ask you to measure your tummy at the widest point for me and be honest with us and let us know how many times the Cilt has been worn?


Now my waist fluctuates about 2 inches and I've probably worn this cilt about a dozen times. What is the rabbles opinion on this? Can a kilt/cilt be done up too tight? Should it matter how often I've worn it? Isn't that what its for?