Originally posted by The F-H.C.A.G. on 3/8/07


I am probably going to regret this, but I am answering the challenge inherent in these sentences from Alan H's X-Kilt manual: "Corduroy, well.... I haven't made a kilt out of corduroy yet, so I can't comment. If you make an X-Kilt out of corduroy, let us all know how it comes out."

Went to the store today and picked out the cloth-a charcoal grey medium weight 100% cotton corduroy. The color was per the request of the recipient, an X-marker who shall remain unnamed until the kilt is finished and accepted, at which time, said member can post pictures of the finished product being worn. After today, I am a little more confident that it will eventually be finished, but it's going to take a while.

Here's the fabric, straight from the store, not yet washed



A close up to show how this fabric changes with the angle and the light-it's really nice stuff



I threw it in the washing machine-hot water, plenty of detergent, heavy duty cycle. At this point, I was sweating a little, since the washing instructions on the bolt said "cold wash, gentle cycle", but I figured, if it couldn't stand up to this, it wasn't worth using. Besides, it was on sale for less than $5.00 per yard anyway-I could always start over.


Here's what it looked like right out of the dryer (cotton/high setting). Note that it is not even very wrinkled.



In fact, I did not need to iron it prior to measuring and cutting-it smoothed out well just by shaking it out. Besides, my work surface looked like this.



So, I needed to kick the boy off the table, but he had to finish his homework first.