So, it's been too long since I broke out the sewing machine. I realized I had made a few variations of an X-Kilt (corduroy and alternating tartan with black), but I had not yet actually made a basic X-Kilt yet!

Panache has been asking for something to knock around the garden in, so we went to the fabric store together. He kept getting distracted by various corduroys, but I told him I just wasn't up for that again (not yet, maybe next year). I just want to make it perfectly clear that I was not responsible for this fabric. It was 100% his choice. I kept trying to steer him towards the blander, tan or khaki colors. But nooooo, he had to have this.

So, without further ado, the material for the "Pink Panache" X-Kilt. It's a cotton/poly blend and is NOT a twill, so no alignment of twill lines to worry about.



And this is the color it turned the wash water (I washed it on hot 3 times before the water stopped turning this color):



Today, I measured and ripped, joined two lengths, hemmed and marked the pleats. It will have a 10" A-shaped apron, and 11 3" pleats. Waist of 37", rump of 43", fell of 10", drop of 23" (so now everyone knows my husband's measurements ). Here I was measuring the drop to prepare to rip lengths:



Because of the color, I will not torture you all with too many step by step pics this time, since I've already posted two ad nauseum X-Kilt pictorials:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=25353

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=26970


Be well,