Best material for a test kilt

[Stan]

On eBay UK right now what I think is a good deal on wool tartan. It's a 60 in wide Lindsay tartan in new wool medium weight. I like it and am probably buying 4 miters for my first kilt project. At 28.40 per yard for double width it's priced pretty well and it might fit your needs. Thats about 114.00 for the needed 8 yards to make a nice kilt

Here's the item number, if your interested...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271271841189...84.m1423.l2649

[David]

I can hardy sew on a button, but I'd go with the others and say get the real tartan. I built a cedar strip plank canoe last year but had a trial run using some cheap (£00.00p) white pine. A total waste of time, it behaved nothing like the cedar either when preparing the strips, shaping them, fixing them to the stongback or finishing them with the sander. I gave up and just went for the cedar. I learned more that way too.

[Son of the Rock]

I'm not a kilt maker, but you definitely don't need to save up $700 to get some good fabric. 13oz fabric can be a little cheaper. For example, from Scotweb, you can get 4 metres (double width) of 13oz pure new-wool Black Watch fabric for £85.52 (around $143) woven by British mill BALTI. If you're going for heavier fabric, then, speaking from my experience, House of Edgar's Nevis range is very good value.

[The Wizard of BC]

I'm sorry Son of Rock but there must be some disconnect somewhere. I just went to the site to find the price you quoted and here is what I found



Please notice that the checkout total is $510.00 us dollars. This includes the X Marks discount but before any shipping charges are added.

At $110.00 us dollars per yard this is more than twice what the retail cost is for 13oz wool from Locharron and almost 3 times the cost for the same weight, same Tartan from Marton Mills.

Perhaps you could share with us how you came to arrive at your price. I would really like to know.

[Son of the Rock]

It's just the price that it gave me and is listed when I search it on their fabric page. If I add the 4 metres to my basket, here's what it looks like.

fabric.jpg

EDIT: Actually, if I look at the screenshot you posted again, I think you may have added 4 lengths of 3.7, and therefore 14.8 metres of fabric?

[The Wizard of BC]

I really must be doing something wrong. I enter 4 yards and still come out to $110.00 us dollars per yard for a total of $510.00 us dollars after the X Marks discount and before shipping.

I think if you take the next step to the check out you may find the same numbers.

[The Wizard of BC]

To give you a comparison of why I am so confused.

I retail 4 yards, of double-width cloth from Lochcarron or Marton Mills, in 16oz weight for $287.00 us dollars, plus shipping.
Shipping to almost anywhere in the US is $23.82usd.
And no duty.

I honestly do not understand where people get the prices of $500, $600 or even $700 for 4 yards of fabric. Heck, that is my price for an entire hand sewn kilt, with pockets!

[Son of the Rock]

I still have the same numbers. Here's a screenshot.

fabric2.jpg

In your screen, I see that you have listed the length as 3.7, but you have the quantity at 4. The quantity should be 1, meaning 1 3.7 metre cut. 4 would mean 4 3.7 metre cuts.