too long?

**cacunn** · 7th May 08, 06:58 AM

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**Ancienne Alliance** · 7th May 08, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by cacunn

Have you considered have a couple of weeks on a rack? You could add some inches that way. Other than that I think hemming is the only way.

I don't think DWFII want's to add inches ! The kilt is already too long

**mbhandy** · 7th May 08, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by Ancienne Alliance

I don't think DWFII want's to add inches ! The kilt is already too long

Had to get towel to get coffee off monitor.

MrBill

**cacunn** · 7th May 08, 07:43 AM

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**Barb T** · 7th May 08, 08:17 AM

I just hemmed three of our 16 oz band kilts, and you frankly can't tell they've been hemmed. But 22 oz is _way_ thicker. I wouldn't try to hem a 22 oz kilt.

You can't take it off the top without an enormous amount of reconstruction and reshaping of pleats.

**DWFII** · 7th May 08, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Barb T.

I just hemmed three of our 16 oz band kilts, and you frankly can't tell they've been hemmed. But 22 oz is _way_ thicker. I wouldn't try to hem a 22 oz kilt.

You can't take it off the top without an enormous amount of reconstruction and reshaping of pleats.

Barb,

Thank you for that advice. I thought I had read somewhere here that the waist band could be taken off and a small amount removed from the drop. [sigh]

**Barb T** · 7th May 08, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by DWFII

Barb,

Thank you for that advice. I thought I had read somewhere here that the waist band could be taken off and a small amount removed from the drop. [sigh]

Remember that the apron and pleats taper from the hips to the center of the buckles and then is straight or even flares slightly in the rise above the center of the buckles. So, removing the top of the rise just makes the rise shorter - the kilt still rides at the waist at the center of the buckles, so the bottom still hangs to the same level.