Just finished my first kilt and have been wearing it ever since. Didn't use an expensive fabric, and used a box pleat as described in the tutorial in this group. Actually compared notes from the two tutorials that are available on this site in order to understand the larger pleat behind the over and the under aprons. I ended up hemming the fabric and sewing in the pleat edges on the outside and on the inside and used denim as my reinforcing canvas so as to prevent the pleats from being stretched in the wearing. I am having a little challenge wearing it as to the additional 'constitution' or waist measurement and where I normally my jeans belt so, I have found the whole thing looks better with a pull over top where the waist band covers the top of the kilt! I found that the very modest fabric cost became apparent when the sporran that I have tended to cause the fabric to produce little balls on the surface of the fabric where it rubbed the back of the sporran...lesson number 47 invest in a little better fabric for the next one! Duh! I also discovered that not having much of a rump, the weight of the sporran and kilt tended to slip down unless I cinched up the belt to a pretty snug buckle hole! Found a buckle on a belt at a flea market that I thought would set off the kilt but was a bit embarrassed when the buckle broke on my way into Wall-Mart and had to make a hasty retreat to the car! Lesson #48, make sure that you have some wearing experienced belts and safety pins or Velcro on both the under apron and over apron just in case the belt fails! When I successfully take and load pics of my first effort at kilt making, I will post them to this site.
Originally Posted by ChattanCat
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