Adding slant pockets to traditional kilt

[The Wizard of BC]

As someone who puts pockets into almost all the kilts I make I am going to say, I'm sorry, it would be almost impossible to retro-fit a traditional kilt.

The problem is not with the outer fabric but with all the stuff hidden behind the inner liner. A traditionally made kilt is perhaps one of the most tailored garments today. Akin to a custom made suit coat. The liner inside the kilt has no purpose but to cover up and hide what is underneath.

The primary characteristic of a traditionally made kilt is not the outer fabric but full floating interfacing, a strip called the stabilizer and of course the cut-away of the pleats to thin the back of the kilt.

Here is a peek to what is under the liner of a traditionally made kilt.



If you cut through the outer fabric you must then deal with going through or around all of this inside stuff.

There is no place to put the actual pocket part. The part that holds your keys. All of the inner stuff is sewn down so there simply is no room or space for that pocket to go.

If you want a pocket in a kilt that looks like a traditional kilt you will have to make a Contemporary style kilt.



I have to plan for this at the very start. There is extra stabilizer, changes to the interfacing and additional fabric to allow for the space where the pocket is inside the kilt without compromising the strength and durability of the whole garment.