
Originally Posted by
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Your balmoral has no tails at all, just a bow. Did you trim your ribbons?
When I'm faced with a problem I tend to either paint my way out of it, or sew my way out of it.
This was a sewing job! Here's the process:

On the other hand, acquiring a jacket and waistcoat with mismatching buttons was a painting job.


Originally Posted by
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You said you ordered 6 yards (3 double width?) but how many yards did the kilt actually use?
That's a good question!
From the weight of it I would say he probably used the whole 6 yards, or nearly all.
It has 13 pleats. Each pleat has that wide black stripe showing, and another wide black stripe hidden inside.
Last edited by OC Richard; 15th August 25 at 11:31 AM.
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