My Alphakilt's here!!!

[TheKiltedCoder]

To continue:

I've looked a little closer at the over-apron now, and my initial description of it was incorrect. The actual design is a little more simple than that. As I mentioned, there really is no under-apron; the pleats just keep going until they stop around the point of the left hip. For the over-apron, the pleats just keep going until they stop at the point of the right hip. The actual outer apron (along with a half apron-width pleat) is sewn directly over the top of the pleats. The pleated part of the overapron folds down underneath the overapron and is stitched to the pleat at midline. Here are a couple of pics that will hopefully make it clearer.



and a closeup:



It actually makes quite a bit of sense, and allows for far more adjustability of the kilt later on (in theory, Alphakilts offers lifetime waist adjustments for any of their kilts). So, they've given themselves more than enough material to work with.

Finally, here are a couple of shots of me wearing it:









The belt in the picture was a 2" leather belt from Amerikilt. The loops themselves will fit my 2 1/4" belt, but it wouldn't take anything wider than that.

The only other real item of note is that it appears to be the same type of polycotton that I purchased for my first XKilt.

This kilt was purchased with the expressed intent that it would be a kilt for me to wear to the office, and I certainly think it looks nice enough for me to do so.

If anyone has any other questions I can answer, I'll be happy to do so. Otherwise, I'll post a followup here in a couple of weeks, once it's been washed a couple of times and worn to work.

Brian

P.S. I just previewed this second post, and my wife, bless her heart, isn't quite as good with the zoom part of a zoom lens as I wish she were. If anyone wants closer pictures of me in the kilt, I can either dive into Photoshop and do some cropping, or I'll be happy to email the originals to whomever.

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

That's pretty cool! Basically an X-Kilt with some modifications on the aprons. I think it would probably be easier to make than an X-Kilt, since there is less precision with the under and over-aprons. Just pleat it around all the way and slap the over-apron on top. Probably takes a bit more material, but that's ok-pretty affordable material.

Don't worry though, I wouldn't steal their design.

Hmm...which came first though, the X-Kilt or Alphakilt?!

Is Alan owed some royalties here?

Be well,

[TheKiltedCoder]

That's pretty cool! Basically an X-Kilt with some modifications on the aprons. I think it would probably be easier to make than an X-Kilt, since there is less precision with the under and over-aprons. Just pleat it around all the way and slap the over-apron on top. Probably takes a bit more material, but that's ok-pretty affordable material.

Don't worry though, I wouldn't steal their design.

Hmm...which came first though, the X-Kilt or Alphakilt?!

Is Alan owed some royalties here?

Be well,

Good Morning,

I'd noticed the similarities as well. I even went so far as to take my XKilt out of the closet last night and lay it on the bed next to the Alphakilt, and, from the back, neither my wife nor I were able to tell the difference.

I'll confess I'm greatly tempted to clone the pattern for myself only (I really don't want to become a professional kiltmaker. Or even semi-pro.). It would be nice to have a nice khaki to go along with the black kilt, though.

Seriously, though. The workmanship so far has been top-notch. There's no give in the snaps. The stitching was very neat and strong.

Brian