Starting a kilt, got questions!

[Alan H]

Alan, how did you do the pleating? I know that you just "guesstimated" on the number of pleats you wanted and then worked with what you had, but did you make a template of some kind, or just fold over each pleat, measure to insure the correct reveal, and stitch it down?

Yup. That's exactly what I did. No template. I just got out the ruler and started pleating. I knew I had more material that I knew what to do with so I just went for it.

BTW, I wore my canvas kilt to work yesterday. Never again. The pleats were a TOTAL mess after a full day of..in the car..sit down, stand up, crawl around...sit down, stand up.

A Mess... I will chalk this one up as a learning experience, so I'm OK with it, but my recommendation is to NOT make a kilt out of Carhart canvas.

[Southern Breeze]

I did my pleats the same way Alan did-grabbed a ruler and started pleating.
Barb-thanks for the additional tips.
I plan on making several more kilts out of Carrhart canvas.Since I'll be mostly standing while wearing them,their should'nt be any problems.My main reason for making my own kilts is to have some that are relativly inexpensive.That way I can wear them while working at a forge and not worry about what happens to them.

[Alan H]

I did my pleats the same way Alan did-grabbed a ruler and started pleating.
Barb-thanks for the additional tips.
I plan on making several more kilts out of Carrhart canvas.Since I'll be mostly standing while wearing them,their should'nt be any problems.My main reason for making my own kilts is to have some that are relativly inexpensive.That way I can wear them while working at a forge and not worry about what happens to them.

EH? How do you keep the pleats from going to H* in a handbasket during the day?

[Southern Breeze]

Beginners luck? I didn't have any problems.I guess it's amazing what you can do when you don't know it's impossible.