kilt belt (velcro)

[Chas]

Do you have a picture of the back of the buckle? Now I'm wondering if I'm doing this wrong entirely. The belt I received with my new kilt is a large and I assume I was given this one based on my waist measurement. There's quite a bit of belt that is doubled back. How would one cut it off?

Sorry, if I have confused you. I will see if I can put things right.

The belt I would like to photograph is being used by my brother-in-law at the moment. That is the one with most of the velcro removed. We will make do with my No2 belt.

Here is the belt as it doubles back behind the buckle. That is about the maximum thickness of belt that you would want, but it can be thinner.



The reason it is as thick as it is, at that point, is because of the loop velcro. As you can see here.



This picture shows how much velcro is extra. From the yellow line backwards to a pont where it engages with the hook velcro is all spare.



If you want the folded part to sit flatter, you can remove a foot or so of the loop velcro OR you can remove just a couple of inches where it doubles back, behind the buckle. Using the wetting and pressing method is particularly effective once the velcro is removed.

Things to remember -

If you remove the velcro, you will also be removing the stitching (see first picture). You can either ignore it or use the opportunity to enhance the stitching. On my other belt, I restitched with a 'silver' thread, to make a feature of it.

I hope this clears up any confusion.

Regards

Chas