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14th June 22, 11:14 AM
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 Originally Posted by Arnot
About how much tartan would suggest for a kilt for a 4 year-old with 23½ inch hips?
If you intend to pleat to the stripe or sett (as opposed to cheating the pleats or just pleating higgledy piggledy), you'll only be able to get one pleat per sett if you pleat to the stripe, and fewer than that if you pleat to the sett. If you have regular tartan with a sett of 6-8", it takes a surprising amount of tartan for a little kilt. If you want regular size pleats (3/4-7/8"), like the ones in the pic in my post, it's going to take 5 yards (i.e., 2.5 yards double width). If you want fewer, larger pleats, you could get away with 4.5 yards or less. But it is surprising how much tartan it takes. The other choice is to pick a tartan with a smaller sett, of course.
Overall, my feeling is that, if you're going to go to all the work of making a real kilt for a child, you might as well make it look like its big cousin!
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14th June 22, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Barb T
If you intend to pleat to the stripe or sett (as opposed to cheating the pleats or just pleating higgledy piggledy), you'll only be able to get one pleat per sett if you pleat to the stripe, and fewer than that if you pleat to the sett. If you have regular tartan with a sett of 6-8", it takes a surprising amount of tartan for a little kilt. If you want regular size pleats (3/4-7/8"), like the ones in the pic in my post, it's going to take 5 yards (i.e., 2.5 yards double width). If you want fewer, larger pleats, you could get away with 4.5 yards or less. But it is surprising how much tartan it takes. The other choice is to pick a tartan with a smaller sett, of course.
Overall, my feeling is that, if you're going to go to all the work of making a real kilt for a child, you might as well make it look like its big cousin!
It appears I was in the ballpark then. Many thanks for all of your help. Very much appreciated.
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14th June 22, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Arnot
It appears I was in the ballpark then. Many thanks for all of your help. Very much appreciated.
Be sure to post a pic!
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Originally Posted by Barb T
Be sure to post a pic!
Hi Barb. I'll be starting the little kilt in the next couple days. I realized that I have another question. Do you have a rule of thumb for the rise for a child's kilt? I thought that 2 inches might be too much for the little guy. Any information you can share will be greatly appreciated.
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Yep - I agree. 2" is too much. I typically put only a 1" rise on a little kid's kilt. Their belts are narrower as well, so it's fine.
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Originally Posted by Barb T
Yep - I agree. 2" is too much. I typically put only a 1" rise on a little kid's kilt. Their belts are narrower as well, so it's fine.
Excellent! Thank you.
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