Winter kilt choices?

[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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Sherry