I finished my X-Kilt the other night. Special thanks to Alan for posting the instruction manual. I probably spent about six hours on the project. Maybe 8. The greatest amount of time went into reading the instructions and making sure I was doing the right thing next. I didn't need to tear out any stitching, but I'm thinking I may need an alteration (more later). I did two modifications to the design. First, I put a pair of D rings and a matching jean strap on the right side, instead of velcro, allowing me to do away with the extra outer apron strip. There is a small bit of velcro on the top of the under apron to hold it in place. Second, I took a raveled edge of the fabric (created by the washer) and sewed it onto the edge of the apron, from behind, with the second line of double stitching.

Here's a photo of the layout. I set up a spreadsheet to calculate the positions of all the pleat lines, and then I measured and marked them from one true line. The lines came in handy throughout the project:



Here's a photo of the kilt on the ironing board. The pleats have been sewn in with gold thread. The taper is pinned in with heavy T pins, one for each line of stitching. After I had the taper set I ironed them down, took them to the machine, and did them in matching blue thread.




Here's a photo of me wearing it. I think it's too long -- do y'all agree? I'm thinking of taking the hem up to shorten it.