making a trad kilt?

[chasem]

Barb's book will tell you everything you need to know, and Turpin covered the only supplier that I'm aware of.

As for a knockaround kilt, you can follow Barb's directions there too. There's an appendix for solid-color kilts in the traditional style, or you can drop the yardage down to 5-6 yards. You can pretty much adapt the instructions to make a few different styles of kilts without much of a problem.

[Alan H]

Nothing new to add, I just echo what everyone else has already said here. I have the book and it's *Great*.

A note: It took me 47 hours of stitching, ironing, seam-ripping and re-stitching time to make my first completely traditional kilt. That includes time to hem it. It's about 7.5 yards and has 29 pleats.

[Kilted Taper]

You all are forgetting the best part of usign Barb's book....She's a memeber here and will answer questions. She helped me get started on my first...

[JimB]

Oh I haven't forgotten!
I just havent' gotten myself into so much trouble that a seam ripper hasn't been able to get me out of it.....YET!