Taking on the X-Kilt

[Alan H]

Ah, groovy, thanks for the pic mate! That really helps make my decision. I think you're right, too narrow would look all wrong.

Now that I"ve made a few of these and seen about 6-8 in person, I would do only one thing differently. I would not do an intermediate-width apron. It would either be about as wide as a Utilikilt....which is 6-7-8 inches or I would go full-width, like a Traditional or a Freedom kilt. Here's My X-Kilt



compare the width of that apron to BeeDee's above, or this picture of X-Kilt prototype #3


The Camouflage X-Kilt apron is much narrower. I will say that if you do this, you MUST make the forward-facing pleat folds of the first and last pleats very deep. I'd make them a full three inches deep, don't make them 1.25 or 1.5 inches. The first and last pleat folds on that camo kilt are three inches deep and I still have a little bit of an issue with th eone on the right staying shut. I sewed down the inside fold last week, and that helped. All th eother inside folds are just pressed.


Now, R-Kilts make an intermediate-width apron and they look good, and Thomsec's X-kilts look GREAT, but this is just my thinking. You can make your apron any width that you want.