Attaching the Stabilizer

[The Wizard of BC]

You are correct that the stablizer and the interfacing are pad stitched just to the inner layers and do no go all the way through to the outside of the kilt.

The reason you do not want dimples is that you want the outer fabric to be able to float and drap over the interfacing and stabilizer without putting any stress on the outer fabric.

And just so we are talking - using the same terms - in the four photos you show, only the flag facric Barb uses is the stabilizer. The other three photos are showing the interfacing.

The interfacing gives vertical stiffness to the garment. The stabilizer gives horizontal strength to the garment.

As a Contemporary kilt does not build in a weak point at the left strap hole the stabilizer ca stretch from one apron edge, all the way across the inside of the kilt, to the opposite apron edge.

The white in this photo is the interfacing, the black is the stabilizer.