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24th March 18, 04:18 PM
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Farm Shop Kilt
My first, designed by me, created by me utility kilt. Steve Ashton said something about, If you want to break the rules, first you have to learn the rules. I have been studying a few months, bought The Art of Kilt-making, by Barbara Tewksbury. I downloaded the X-Kilt pdf, and gleaned invaluable information from it. Then I cut a 4 yard by 24 inch piece of ripstop cotton, found the center, and started from there. Here is my 20 pleat, reverse Kingussie utility kilt. It is puffed up in the left, due to the wind blowing. 
The forest was shrinking, yet the trees kept voting for the axe, because it's handle was made of wood, and they thought it was one of them.
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24th March 18, 06:25 PM
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OH hey, You broke a rule - I'm telling!
Mom - that guy broke a rule.
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24th March 18, 06:51 PM
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Looks good. I like the pleating, I don't see that very often.
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24th March 18, 07:00 PM
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I like it, great idea for a beginners like myself.
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25th March 18, 07:22 AM
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 Originally Posted by Me cousin Jack
I like it, great idea for a beginners like myself.
The best advice I can give, to another beginner: After measuring and marking the center, carefully measure, and mark, lots and lots of lines. Either every inch, or every point where there will be a fold, and where the folds are being placed. I used horizontal lines as an alignment guide. Laid out on the table, this thing looked like a giant piece of graph paper.
Making a pleat depth gauge, from a piece of cardboard is also helpful. I also found it easier to iron each pleat, very lightly, before pinning.
I got this fabric from Amazon, $8 a yard. It is 65" wide, so 4-5 yards is plenty enough for two kilts, and it has a nice, fringed selvedge, so I didn't even bother hemming it.
The forest was shrinking, yet the trees kept voting for the axe, because it's handle was made of wood, and they thought it was one of them.
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26th March 18, 06:02 AM
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Roulez sur les règles
Originally Posted by Steve Ashton
OH hey, You broke a rule - I'm telling!
Mom - that guy broke a rule.
Haha! Oh, the memories that brings back!
If I had the knowledge to plan ahead on this, and had tweaked the inner apron, just a tad, (a little wider, A-shape) this kilt would be reversible! Kinguisse/Reverse Kinguisse
The forest was shrinking, yet the trees kept voting for the axe, because it's handle was made of wood, and they thought it was one of them.
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27th March 18, 09:10 AM
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I have tried several times to upload more images, have not had any luck. I don’t have a very good connection out here in the farm. I will try again, next time I’m in the city.
The forest was shrinking, yet the trees kept voting for the axe, because it's handle was made of wood, and they thought it was one of them.
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