How fast can I make a "kilt"?

[Pleater]

A traditional kilt is not lined below the hip line. In fact, the liner is hand stitched across the inside back at hip level, then folded up, pleated for the tapering, and hand stitched all around to finish.

In sewing terms, the shaping is perhaps more clearly described as having unsewn darts at the waist, as the lower edge is not folded but lies flat along the edge of the fell.

[way2fractious]

In sewing terms, the shaping is perhaps more clearly described as having unsewn darts at the waist, as the lower edge is not folded but lies flat along the edge of the fell.

Thank you, Pleater. You are right about using the term "dart", which is the term Barbara uses in the book. Alas, I am not terribly skilled at sewing generally. Any poor skills I may possess relate only to making kilts, nothing else.

[Pleater]

Thank you, Pleater. You are right about using the term "dart", which is the term Barbara uses in the book. Alas, I am not terribly skilled at sewing generally. Any poor skills I may possess relate only to making kilts, nothing else.

No need to sound contrite - I just thought I'd pipe up for the sake of clarity.

Mind you if you'd had our Miss Ragg teaching you sewing at an impressionable age you'd know all the terms and be able to recite them alphabetically (probably whilst standing to attention). She was the games mistress as well.

She probably mugs teenage gangs on the way to fetch her pension these days.