Stabilizer and Apron Canvas...?

[Barb T]

I finally managed to remember to take a picture of a kilt with the stabilizer strip sewn in. I've also included a closeup so that you can see how the stitching is done.

Barb

[Alan H]

I used brown canvas in my last 6-yard, though I made it full-width, from where the waistband buckle on the right side is, all the way around to where the stitching for the inside buckle on the left side goes.

I make the left side closure on my kilts the way that Matt Newsome does, with an INSIDE buckle strap in the kilt, and a buckle attached to the far left edge of the under-apron. That way there's no cutting a hole in the kilt!

My philosophy was to have the 2-inch wide canvas take all the stretch load at the waistband rather than the pleats. So far, seems to work, but it's only been 2-3 days 'round me rump so far.