First XKilt is complete and in the washing machine...

**Alan H** · 21st June 08, 12:15 AM

DUDE! Iron those pleats into submission and WEAR IT!

Good on ya!

**Wolfgore** · 21st June 08, 01:39 AM

hear, hear!
What he said, good job.

**TheKiltedCoder** · 21st June 08, 06:03 AM

That was the first time I'd actually had a chance to try it on the way I'd wear it, and I think that it will certainly be okay at least around the house, and i think that, with belt and sporran, that I'll be okay bumming around the Oregon coast here in a few weeks.

I'll admit that I'm running into another dilemma: I wanted a very light kilt for that trip, and, with the twill I used, I certainly got it. It actually felt like I was wearing nothing at all. So, with it being as light as it was, I'm a little more worried about "Marilyn Monroe" moments than I thought I was going to be.

Question: the twill I used was fine enough that I'd seriously hurt the fabric if I used a kilt pin. I've been toying with the idea of taking it to an embroidery place and having a celtic knot or some such embroidered in its place. I'm a little worried that, were I to do so, that it would remind some of our older members of poodle skirts. Does anyone have any thoughts or opinions one way or the other?

Thanks,

Brian

**Finn** · 21st June 08, 06:25 AM

Looks good!

**TheKiltedCoder** · 21st June 08, 07:04 AM

For anyone that's interested, there are larger pics in the photo gallery. They're the same pics as posted here, but you can click and enlarge them.

**attworth** · 21st June 08, 07:09 AM

I went and looked at some fabric last night and saw some material that was similar to what you are describing. Personally I wouldn't embroider anything on it. I would think it would be okay to use a "military" style pin.

**fluter** · 21st June 08, 07:21 PM

Well done!

On Marilyn moments: the sporran is your friend. It probably offers more protection than the kilt pin.

Were you thinking embroidery for extra mass, or for decoration? See the Wizard of BC for Xmarksthescot.com patches in 2 sizes...

AT the apron/pleat interface, I top-stitched the apron down to the fell, then bar-tacked it as I did the pleats. Mark I is definitely an around the house/yard kilt for the most part. MI-AI under construction.

**Ian.MacAllan** · 22nd June 08, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by TheKiltedCoder

. . . the top apron has a bit of a mind of its own, . .

If that offends you I think you must be some kind of perfectionist. The bottom corner of the outer apron does hang a bit lower than the inner apron, depending on whether your hips are level, but that's true of most professionally-made contemporary kilts also. I think you've done a superb job.

As for a kilt pin I suggest that you search the forum for "magnet" to get some ideas of how to affix a pin without piercing the fabric.

Best wishes!

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**sydnie7** · 22nd June 08, 09:23 AM

If you can consider embroidering on the fabric, then you can use a kilt pin. Try putting a very small buttonhole at each point where the kilt pin would pierce the fabric. You don't need to cut open the buttonhole, just put the kilt pin through the reinforced area. Backing up those two buttonholes with small patches of interfacing would really sturdify the point.

Practice buttonholes on scrap material if you've never sewn them before -- some sewing machines make them very simple, others are a bit more tedious.

[Yes, I like creating new word forms! The entire buttonholing process could be called sturdification.]

**TheKiltedCoder** · 23rd June 08, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by Ian.MacAllan

If that offends you I think you must be some kind of perfectionist. The bottom corner of the outer apron does hang a bit lower than the inner apron, depending on whether your hips are level, but that's true of most professionally-made contemporary kilts also. I think you've done a superb job.

As for a kilt pin I suggest that you search the forum for "magnet" to get some ideas of how to affix a pin without piercing the fabric.

Best wishes!

.

Thanks for the encouragement! I'm going to futz with the under-apron pleat just a bit, but yeah, I'm a perfectionist.

I'd considered doing a magnetic pin, but again will have to play with it at some point. I'm strongly considering the suggestion given below (making buttonholes and threading the pin through them).

And now, for my next trick, I've been gathering the materials for an ISporran over the last week or so. I think I'll see how much of it I can get done tonight.