Altering a Stillwater

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

In the tutorials and the kilt makers forum, BarbT has some excellent threads on basting a kilt for pressing (http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/b...x.html?t=35190), and the little bits of hem in a well made kilt (http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/l...x.html?t=40778).

Panache has loved his Stillwater weathered Lamont kilt to the point that I noticed it was stained and, well, stinky.

So I told him it was time to clean the thing.

We figured this would be a good time to make a few minor alterations to get the kilt to hang and wear a bit more perfectly. Don't get me wrong, Stillwaters are great kilts for the money and they wear fine as they are, but there are a few things I notice people bringing up time and again.

1) The underapron left hand edge hangs down below the apron.

2) The deep pleat on the left hand side of the apron tends to open out.

3) and 4) are related to 2) The deep pleat hangs below the edge of the apron and the apron has no A-shaping on the left hand side.

There is one other issue that I wasn't aware of until this morning. Let this be a lesson to you all. Ask the Wizard before you start any project. He generally knows more than the rest of us!

5) There is no steeking in a Stillwater, so the pleats want to sag in the back.

Unfortunately, I didn't do anything about that this time-maybe with the next wash!

Alright, so, pictures coming up in the next few posts.

Be well,