Kilt jacket for $25

[M. A. C. Newsome]

It could use a cutaway, you are right. I just neglected to mention that to the seamstress. When I don't have the jacket buttoned, it's not that much of an issue, so I'll probably just leave it as is.

M

[Rigged]

I'll probably just leave it as is.

Might as well. Spending $25.00 for a kilt jacket as opposed to well over $200.00 for some I've seen online is quite a deal considering the few people who will notice the difference.

[billmcc]

Hi Matt,

Was shortening of the overall length the only change made to the jacket?

At least one member of X-Marks had a jacket cut down and reported that the result looked odd because the lapels looked overly long. The lapels on your jacket look fine. Were the lapels altered?

[GMan]

When I first read the subject line, I was hoping that Matt was starting to sell jackets for $25.00.

Yet it is a great reminder for all of us to keep an eye out for some fantastic bargains, at many unexpected places. (Even some expected places).

[bear]

When I first read the subject line, I was hoping that Matt was starting to sell jackets for $25.00.

Yet it is a great reminder for all of us to keep an eye out for some fantastic bargains, at many unexpected places. (Even some expected places).

Too right Glen! I did a blog on that subject today.
With apologies to Matt for showing off my jacket in his thread ...
http://macbitseach.blogspot.com/

[binx]

Have seen tweed-like jackets at the thrift store but not sure if indeed tweed. Is there a site that shows types a tweed material that I can print out and take along?

binx

[switchblade5984]

When I first read the subject line, I was hoping that Matt was starting to sell jackets for $25.00.

Yet it is a great reminder for all of us to keep an eye out for some fantastic bargains, at many unexpected places. (Even some expected places).

ha Same here!

[Southern Breeze]

Since I found that roll of 13 oz.Blackwatch,I've been keeping my eyes open for kilt related bargains wherever I go. The better the bargain,the more money for kilts!

[Alan H]

There's FINALLY a picture of the jacket I modified (with a cutaway) in my "Budget Semi-Formal, what did it cost me?" thread. Take a look if you like.

Regarding the lapel on that jacket....

The lower button in that picture is where the UPPER button of the sportscoat was. I cut off the lower button when I marked the cutaway for the sporran and saved it. Then I cut, folded under, and stitched the cutaway part of the front of the jacket, easing that curve into the new line where the new hem of the jacket was going to be.

When I put it on, though, the proportions were all wrong. The sports-coat length lapels were out of proportion with the length of the cutaway. So I held it up and pinned it up and fidgeted with it in the mirror until I felt I had located where an upper button hole/lapel bottom should be and marked it.

Ten minutes with the button-holer on my wife's sewing machine and five minutes with needle and thread and I had a new buttonhole for the top button. I then spent, over the course of three different ironing sessions, about 45 minutes re-ironing in the new lapel edge. After MUCH ironing, it set and looks OK, but it's not a strong enough edge to hang properly, unbuttoned. I usually wear the jacket with the top button, buttoned, like in that picture.