DIY Kilt #3: MacPherson Red

**ChattanCat** · 21st July 08, 05:52 PM

Wow, do I love MacPherson Red! That is going to be a great kilt.

**sirdaniel1975** · 22nd July 08, 06:12 PM

The fringe is complete..

Preparing to work in the inside of the kilt..

Removing excess material from the inner pleats.

Finished removing excess.

**sirdaniel1975** · 22nd July 08, 06:14 PM

Preparing the stabilizer..

Installed stabilizer.

Starting to add canvas..

**ChattanCat** · 22nd July 08, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by sirdaniel1975

The fringe is complete..

Preparing to work in the inside of the kilt..

Removing excess material from the inner pleats.

Finished removing excess.

It looks as though you may be able to remove a little more material. You cut thru two pieces of fabric at a time. Barb recommends cutting only one side at a time. That way you get to reduce the thickness of each "excess".

**Scrapscot** · 22nd July 08, 07:38 PM

Great job; you guys amaze me!! I do good to sew a button on!

**sirdaniel1975** · 22nd July 08, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by ChattanCat

It looks as though you may be able to remove a little more material. You cut thru two pieces of fabric at a time. Barb recommends cutting only one side at a time. That way you get to reduce the thickness of each "excess".

Well, it's a 6 yard kilt not an 8 yard. The amount that I removed really freed up the thickness greatly. I have normally made 4 yard kilts and have not needed to remove any excess. The way the inner pleats land in the 6 yard kilt I'm making, seemed over kill. Besides, I don't reveal everything I do and its order as I construct this. Another reason I decided to leave more material, the thread that shows Steve (Freedom Kilts) repair those old military kilts that fell apart really got me thinking.

The kilt I made before this one was an Infants box-pleat. After working on the past 5 kilts I've nearly completed (this is the 5th), I'm probably going to make box-pleats exclusively. The infants box-pleat was the 4th kilt.

**ChattanCat** · 22nd July 08, 07:53 PM

The stress of the kilt is carried by the canvas interfacing. So, IMHO, the kilt will work either way.

**george7** · 22nd July 08, 08:01 PM

Looks like it's going well. I'll just sit here in the cheerleader section and wait for the final pictures.

**sydnie7** · 22nd July 08, 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by ChattanCat

It looks as though you may be able to remove a little more material. You cut thru two pieces of fabric at a time. Barb recommends cutting only one side at a time. That way you get to reduce the thickness of each "excess".

I "get" what you're saying -- cutting each edge individually allows you to "feather" the line of raw edges, with no two edges laying atop each other. Nice detail point, I'll keep it in mind on future projects (of which there are too many to list, and not nearly enough time!).

(And yes, I have Barb's book, just haven't gotten it all quite memorized yet

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**celtic cowboy** · 24th July 08, 08:25 AM

Hey all I got to see this one up close, It is GREAT. sirdaniel1975 has a bright future in the wold of kilt production. I am very proud to wear my first kilt made by him and have had many great comment's on it. He also has given me a push into making my first DIY, Thank you my friend. Sew on.....