Elephant's Child

[toadinakilt]

Like the Elephant's Child before me, I possess an insatiable curiosity...

So how does one construct a lined kilt, like Pittsburgh Kilts sells? And I'm not talking about building my own just yet, I'm just curious to know how they do it. Is the flannel sewn down to the entire length of denim, then pleated and cut and sewn etc like it was all one piece, or is the flannel added in strips underneath the pleats after the kilt has been constructed? Or...is it all done with smoke and mirrors?

What about the two-tone? Those look cool. Does he just make a "skirt" looking kilt with a length of cloth cut at intervals to create strips, then sew pieces of pleated cloth in between to create pleats? Or is it all sewn together before pleating and sewing etc...

::Here all of my Aunt Hippos and Uncle Baboons, as well as my cousins and parents and brothers and sisters and sundry relations, gather around to spank me for my " 'satiable curiosity".::

[Rigged]

The best way to satisfy your curiosity in this regard is to buy a Pittsburgh Kilt.

Then, all your questions will be answered and you'll have a nice kilt to wear.

[Shay]

And I'm not talking about building my own just yet, I'm just curious to know how they do it. Is the flannel sewn down to the entire length of denim, then pleated and cut and sewn etc like it was all one piece, or is the flannel added in strips underneath the pleats after the kilt has been constructed? Or...is it all done with smoke and mirrors?

I made a self-lined kilt (used two layers of the same cotton) and I basically sewed them as one layer of fabric- I sewed them together at the 'apron' end and the hemline, then ironed the #%$%^ out of them to line them up for pleating. (I wish I had sewn the top, too... later I had to put on a waistband to hide the raw edge.)

[Southern Breeze]

While curiosity may kill the cat, satisfaction will resurrect it.

[Jewddha]

Sadly, Rigged, as far as I know, Jeff's business is still on hold.

And toad: as Best I can tell from my two-tone, your guess sounds pretty accurate, except I think it might be just constructed out of unconnected strips.

[646guy]

Hmmmm...I dunno....I'll check with my friend who works in fashion design, but I have a feeling a remember hearing him say something about how the lining on something he did had to be cut and sewn differently on a jacket...let me see if I can find out...when he went into the detail of it my eyes kinda rolled into the back of my head.

[Shay]

Yes, if you're making a curved garment in any way, the lining needs to be cut differently, but a kilt is almost totally straight lines.

[toadinakilt]

The best way to satisfy your curiosity in this regard is to buy a Pittsburgh Kilt.

Then, all your questions will be answered and you'll have a nice kilt to wear.

Maybe I could get a grant from the government to do my research

[GMan]

Yes an interesting curiosity you have there my Kilted friend.

No harm in asking for the grant!

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Noah,

I don't have it here in front of me, but I believe that my lined PK is 2 pieces of material joined at the top, bottom, and apron edges to give what is essentially a single thick piece of fabric for the kilt. I also remember Jeff saying that it was difficult to work with because of the thinckness and stiffness.

I will check mine later and post an update.