Newbie pleat stitch question

[RockyR]

Nearly, but not quite Rocky! To put you out of your "misery", Paul Henry used 9 yards in that gem.

Out of interest is it usual to have machine sown basting stitches in machine sewn kilts? No criticism in any way, but I ask out of pure interest

To answer your question, yes and no. Most machine sewn 8 yard kilts are hand finished (lining, basting stitches, etc), so in that instance, no. Some DO have machine sewn basting stitches, but it's generally done on a specific type of machine that puts in a running stitch which is easy to pull out. It's much less common for line of stitching done like the one shown here. It won't hurt the kilt... it just makes it a bit trickier to take the stitches out.

[scotswelshrunner]

It took me about 20 minutes to take the stitches out on this one. Certainly tighter than I expected but I'm now learning and that was something I'm glad happened.

[TheOfficialBren]

As a side note, my acryllic from Stillwater did come with basting stitches but my P/V from USAK did not. No worries as there was no need. The pleats looked great right out of the package.

Not all kilts come with them but most, I imagine, do and this can vary from maker to maker and even from product line to product line.

The basting on your kilt are identical to the basting stiches that came with my Stillwater.