I just got some fabric for my very first X-Kilt. The fantastic X-Kilt manual suggest cotton/poly twill. I have decided that finding cotton/poly twill is a bit of a snipe hunt. Retail fabric outlets seem to rarely carry this. I checked out Jo-Ann (great for quilting, but not much else). I then went to some of the better fabric stores in the Bay Area, Hart's fabric in Santa Cruz and Stone Mountain Daughter in Berkeley. Still no cotton/poly.

Finally, my wife suggested Discount Fabrics (in San Francisco and Berkeley). They have a fantastic selection of kiltable twills, bull denim and canvas (and all at really good prices). Still not much cotton/poly, but they do have some amazing lime green cotton/poly twill (~10 oz too)! It almost glows in the dark, and is only 2.98 a yard!

I paid a little more ($4.79/yd) for a more conventional tan 10 oz bull denim. Have others tried bull denim yet? I think it should last for ever, but I do not know how well it will hold a pleat.

The lime green though... It might make an OK alternative to pale lavender or lilac? It sure would make one stand out in a crowd!