Winter kilt choices?

[Southern Breeze]

Ditto on the lining.I've been thinking of making one since the underkilt was mentioned.If you could share some details,it would be appreciated.

[TitaniumRic]

Ditto on the lining.I've been thinking of making one since the underkilt was mentioned.If you could share some details,it would be appreciated.

Im at work right now....I'll take some pics of the lining and draft up a how to( or a how I did it) over the next day or so....If it get's to be too big of a file for the forum I'll link it to my website.

Basically I measured the kilt around the inside exempting the front apron... add 3 short zippers to the inside wasteband with a short cover over the zipper for comfort....added a couple of small buttons to the inside of 4 pleats about 2 inches from the bottom...and presto a zip out lining....(used a formal dress coat with a wool liner as my inspiration) :grin:

[Southern Breeze]

Im at work right now....I'll take some pics of the lining and draft up a how to( or a how I did it) over the next day or so....If it get's to be too big of a file for the forum I'll link it to my website.

Basically I measured the kilt around the inside exempting the front apron... add 3 short zippers to the inside wasteband with a short cover over the zipper for comfort....added a couple of small buttons to the inside of 4 pleats about 2 inches from the bottom...and presto a zip out lining....(used a formal dress coat with a wool liner as my inspiration) :grin:

Thanks for the info.I've been thinking of using velcro though.I have several Stillwater standerds and the underkilt posts gave me the idea of using a liner.That way they could be worn almost year round.It was mentioned somewhere that some of the militery kilts had a liner.I've not been able to track that down yet.

[mkmound]

Thanks for the info.I've been thinking of using velcro though. . . .

Velcro could be interesting when you don't wear the liner -- rather prickly!!

Mark

[Southern Breeze]

Velcro could be interesting when you don't wear the liner -- rather prickly!!

Mark

It can indeed.Thats one of the problems.Right now my liner project is still in the thinking and planning stage.Using a zipper never occured to me.

[Sherry]

My DH gets the itchies from wool, & he'd like a lining in his kilt, as well. I'm thinking that a zipper designed for linings would be perfect for this. It comes long, but can be shortened by whip-stitching ovet the teeth at the point where the stop needs to be. A machine zigzag stitch set to a length of 0 will do the job, as well.

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