This is my third attempt at making a casual kilt. Wanted a tough casual kilt that would do for knocking about in the warehouse, woodlot and such.

Material is 10 oz. cotton duck (Sp?)

The same qualities that made me a passable perl programmer (laziness, impatience and hubris) are anathema to kiltmaking. Studied Alan's excellent Xkilt guide before trying this. Since I am friggin huge about the gut, made a few design guesses that turned out to be less than optimal.

The bright side is that I have enough of this material to do it all again. Will be using Alan's design for the waistband and including under apron pleats in the next one. For some reason I thought that eliminating the under apron pleats would make it hang better.

"Kilt Pin" is actually a good ol'e Tandy Leather Co. Concho in a grommet.


First attempt at box pleating, definitely easier for me to work with than knife pleats.

Here are a couple of pics:

http://www.doublebad.net/CASUAL.JPG

The money shot:

http://www.doublebad.net/CPLEATS.JPG

I am happy with the length, wanted it to the bottom of the knee, and the fell. The waistband is 2" this time and the beltloops are improved. Am estatic that the kilt attempt looked this well after a trip through washer and dryer.

Still plenty of room for improvement. Gaining confidence with the sewing machine and a little confidence is a dangerous thing.

Stand by for version 0.4 alpha.

As always, your suggestions are appreciated. Really having trouble with that apron over the gut but I will figure it out.