I've never thought of using fusible interfacing when making a kilt because to my way of thinking, there are no facings to use it on. I use it on other garments where it is apt, or gets around the use of starch every time it is washed.

The tailored part of a kilt has a lining and reinforcement in the shape of canvas, but they are not really facings.

I suspect that for repairs to kilts which are on their last legs, where the edges are fraying and stitches pulling through, fusible interfacing would save the day.

Some hired costumes for amateur dramatics consisted mostly of fusible interfacing anyway, holding together splits in the fabric where it has worn through, accidental cuts done when making sizing adjustments, edges of hems worn away because the skirt was too long and dragged and snagged on a short actress and now needs to be let down for a taller one.

I am told though that these days you find duct tape in the most surprising places, and that the costume department is more likely to resound to the sound of a staple gun than a sewing machine.

If a kilt was to be carefully disassembled, cleaned if necessary, and then suitable weights of interfacing fused onto the more delicate areas - with careful placing of the threads if required to recover pulled areas, or even reweaving of frayed edges before fusing, it could then be remade - but the interfacing would not really be being used for its original purpose, as it would be in areas which would not originally have required it, only though old age and ill usage having made it necessary.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: