Homeade kilts for kids

[ShaunMaxwell]

Did you double the material up or is it a single layer? Also, how far did it wrap around her on the inside, behind the apron? Just modeled after your kilts?

The material is a single layer, as I'd mentioned, a scarf that measured about 52" in length and 10.25" in height. I was able to locate the Drummond of Perth version (to the stripe) and found that it was intact. The pleated portion is about 9" wide (pleats sewn down about 4.25" from the top), with an under apron of about 9.5" and and apron of about 12".

Here's a photo of the unstitched Maxwell scarf compared to the stitched up Drummond of Perth, if it helps you visualize the description above:



Initially, it fit her just about like a standard kilt would in regards to the under apron/apron, only it wrapped to the left rather than the right. As she grew, it became shorter and didn't wrap quite as well, but was still a workable (and inexpensive) skirt. But hey, I got a couple of years out of it and it was pretty darn cute.

Once she outgrew the scarf, we replaced the ruffles on one of her denim skirts with some cotton Maxwell tartan:



These days, she's more likely just to wear a sash or, weather permitting, her Maxwell hunting dress from Red Bubble (pictured with my friend Brad Atwood at last year's Salado gathering):



Hope that helps!

SM