Adjustments for scaling with very small kilts

[Barb T]

Deep breaths! So the first question to answer is whether you want to make something that looks like a kilt or whether you need something that is really built like a traditional kilt. If the former, you can get by with any plaid fabric you find and just make your girls each something that pretty much looks like a kilt. If you really want to make a trad kilt, you'll spend a lot on kilting tartan, and you might want to order The Art of Kiltmaking (www.celticdragonpress.com). Having said that, it takes a beginner about 40 hours to make a full trad, hand-stitched kilt with all the interior construction, and it sounds like you don't have nearly enough time, especially since you have to get tartan too. Making each of them something more like the great kilt you're making for your husband would be a fine alternative, as would a couple of nice simple gathered tartan skirts.