FINISHED IT

Ok, well not quite "finished", it doesn't have sporran straps and it only has half the liner, but aside from that it's done. Add another 1.5 hours to my tally below for an approximation of the final total. I will be wearing it tonight to the X-Marks Burns Supper.

I nailed this one. This is a really nice kilt, and I'm proud of it. It's not perfect, but it's as good or better than any of my purchased ones. It doesn't have as many pleats as Piper Georges (his had 32, this has 25) but the stitching is nearly invisible on this one and the hang is comparable. This thing is stout.

I have sewn a tank.

Last night (from 9:30 PM to 1:00 AM) 3.5 hours

...hand sew inner part of waistband,... finish off waistband ends, ....put in leather straps,.... point-tack down liner panels,.... iron in the pleats ....and a few finishing touches.

Pics tonight! TOTAL: 19 hours

At this point, with this kilt "done" and Piper Georges kilt done, I'm going to finally do it. I'm going to attach a little something to my name. In my opinion, I've finally earned it. It's taken me five X-Kilts and four tartan kilts to get here, it's taken me a year of off-and-on kiltmaking to get here, but I think it's time.

Alan Hebert, Kiltmaker