X Kilt prototype pictures

[Panache]

ok...you hint at the "lovely damaris" yet don't have a pic of her in an Xmarks t-shirt with you guys? hmm...need to think on that a bit..

Jeepers he's right! We need to make sure we have the ladies of the Bay Area Kilted front and center next kilt night, they are far more fun to look at than us!

Cheers

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

J...they are far more fun to look at than us!

Cheers

And somehow, that does not surprise me!

[O'Neille]

Wonderful! Very nice, not that I'm in a position to judge. I've only made one. I really like your design. I have some black canvas laundered and serged on all sides just waiting to become an XKilt. I was thinking I would just do knife pleats and make a shorter version of my previous product. But, I like the box pleat narrow apron for a second attempt. Once again, I like them. O'Neille

[Pour1Malt]

lueks tae me like ya need maire pleats an ya need tae use maire fabric...

the pleats a' luek "stretched open" a bit in the piccies....

[AllenJ]

Just my two bits...
I find the front apron too narrow. That pleat on either side of it looks stretched as if its not supposed to look like that.
I really like the look of the box pleat but I'd want much deeper ones, and possibly more of them.

Just one man's opinion

[way2fractious]

Since I was party to this crime , I'd say that Alan was trying to prove that (a) anyone could make (b) a decent, wearable kilt from (c) the least amount of (d) the cheapest material possible in (e) an extremely short time period. The intention stated beforehand did NOT include custom fit, traditional styling, invisible seams, or highest quality materials. A "beer gut cut" option was likewise unavailable. So, here is a box-pleated, narrow-apron, top-sewn creation from really cheap cotton material that proves Alan's original objective.

From this standpoint, the endeavor was an unqualified success. As a bonus, the recipients were thrilled to own and wear their gifts (although Dan was loathe to doff shorts after donning kilt... at least in public. Give him time )

Several in the crowd that evening were terribly amused at the stir and commotion, with some joking that X-kilts with Devil's Canyon Brewery logos would soon be showing up on their website of souvenir items. Since Dan manned the gate and stamped the hands of those of legal drinking age, everyone behaved themselves and had a great time.

Way to go, Alan.

[David Dalglish]

While I admire anyone that can make a kilt, these to me are more like a skirt than a kilt. Sorry Alan there are not to my taste