Finally. I can afford to buy the material needed to do this.
Okay, so me and my daddio are getting ready to purchase tartan so we can make a couple of Great Kilts. The fabric we're purchasing is 60" (152 cm) wide. We're both approximately 22" (56 cm) from knee to waist, and 21" (53 cm) from waist to shoulder.
Now normally, you buy the nine or eight yards, cut it in half width-wise, and then sew it together length-wise, giving you 120" in width, correct? I can't remember exactly.
However, seeing as how this fabric is so wide, it would reach about 8 or 9 inches (20 or 22 cm) beyond our shoulder. Is this enough, or do we need that double width?