Jacket, waistcoat and kilt in Estate Tweed?

[Nathan]

You can have either a kilt OR a jacket/waistcoat combo, but not both. You don't say how wide the tweed is and that width will determine whether you'll get both a jacket and a waistcoat. If it's a Harris tweed it's liable to be narrow and only a jacket can be made.

To give you approx yardage needed for a jacket, measure your torso length (a) and measure your arm length (b), add hem allowances @ 2" per length (c) and add all together and then add up to another yard for matching depending on the pattern.

If your tweed is between 50-60" you can get your layout on what you've calculated, if 45", you might be able, but I would add a yard as a precaution, if less than 45" then you will probably need the entire 4yd length. And all bets are off if you're a gentleman of girth.

So I eyeballed the amount of fabric I had in the store and I overestimated a little. The fabric is not Harris Tweed, it's the standard 60" double width but I only have 129" of it length wise. That means, when cut in half and sewn together, I'm left with 7.166 yards of cloth. That would make a nice kilt for a man of my size.

I agree now though that even with a four yard kilt, I wouldn't have enough left over for a jacket and waistcoat.

[jhockin]

I take it your brother isn't interested in making this outfit?

[Nathan]

I take it your brother isn't interested in making this outfit?

Xavier doesn't tailor jackets, he's a kilt maker and sadly, he's not taking new orders at the moment.