Modified Stillwater
Well, here it is! Jerry beamed it into my hot little hands within 7-days of ordering it; and today, I got to take it out for a spin... I measured between sizes; so, I took the advice of my brothers here (with Stillwater Kilts experience) and ordered a size-up... This is the result:
In total, I just ripped out the seams that held outer-apron buckles (and sealed up their original locations---since the tabs are sewn into the pleats)
I then opened up the inner-apron, and removed the belt-tab, sealed up the apron seam, and then tabbed the belt back on top of the apron 1.25" away from the apron-edge.
With that done, I could get an exact measurement of where I needed to set the outer-apron buckle-tab, and opened up the seam 2 pleats further back (just enough to insert the tab) from its original location, and and sewed it closed. I don't fancy double-buckles or idle-work; so, I didn't put the 2nd buckle back on.
Then I ironed the pleats before taking the factory basting stitches out, and WHOALA!
After a few more hours of yard-work, I'm kickin' back with a finger of Dalwhinnie ;)
Last edited by Fit2BKilted; 6th August 09 at 09:24 AM.
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