First X-Kilt pics

[Tartan Hiker]

Folowing up on the previous post...

Digital camo is great to work with . All those little boxes are made of parallel lines, so chalking is minimized...just cut on the lines!

Thanks to Alan for the inspiration and the fine manual detailing the manufacture of the X-kilt casual. I diverged but little from his manual (my first and last pleats are much deeper), and I have now switched completely to a press-and-sew method rather than pinning (the last two kilts I made never saw a single straight pin...a real time-saver).

Link to Alan's manual:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=20085

I'm working on a solid olive green X-Kilt...will post pics when completed.

Bill

[HeathBar]

Great looking kilts TH. I really like the digital camo. What was the event you were attending? Looks like you're in front of an archery display.

[Tartan Hiker]

Homecoming at Warren Wilson College (a small liberal arts school near Asheville), oddly enough. The women's soccer team was playing on the adjoining field, and there were tents set up for food and vendors, all of whom were in some way part of the college community.
I make traditional archery supplies (arrows, strings, leather goods) and that is my arrow display and string-making set-up. My wife is a beading hobbyist and she was there selling bracelets.
I had several folks interested in ordering kilts from me. I'm not sure I want to get into yet another sideline business, but ....

Bill

[Alan H]

Folowing up on the previous post...

Digital camo is great to work with . All those little boxes are made of parallel lines, so chalking is minimized...just cut on the lines!

Thanks to Alan for the inspiration and the fine manual detailing the manufacture of the X-kilt casual. I diverged but little from his manual (my first and last pleats are much deeper), and I have now switched completely to a press-and-sew method rather than pinning (the last two kilts I made never saw a single straight pin...a real time-saver).

Link to Alan's manual:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=20085

I'm working on a solid olive green X-Kilt...will post pics when completed.

Bill

Do you find that the super-deep "leading edge pleat" depth really gets rid of those annoying "pooches"? I deepend the "leading edge" pleats from 1.5 inches in prototypes #1,2, and 3 to 3 inches in #4 and that seemed to work out. We'll see what KCW has to say. Maybe moving 'em up to 6-8 inches on both sides of the left-hand over-apron fold is even better!

The digital camo looks excellent!!!! WELL DONE. If you get requests to make X-Kilts commerically, then GO for it.

[toadinakilt]

well, i have a 5-yard black denim kilt in the works, 10 knife pleats, 6 inches deep...and i have another 5 yards of denim waiting to turn into another kilt. this post and alan's have convinced me to tackle the X-Kilt next! i do like box pleats...