I would cut the threads holding the belts on. You may have to remove some of the stitches on the lining if the right belt is under the lining. Use carpet thread or Guetermann heavy duty polyester thread to sew the belts back on. Try to sew all the layers at an angle so the amount of thread showing on the outside is at a minimum.
Wallace Catanach, Kiltmaker
A day without killting is like a day without sunshine.
I would cut the threads holding the belts on. You may have to remove some of the stitches on the lining if the right belt is under the lining. Use carpet thread or Guetermann heavy duty polyester thread to sew the belts back on. Try to sew all the layers at an angle so the amount of thread showing on the outside is at a minimum.
The important thing to remember is that it isn't the tartan that takes the strain of the buckles & straps, but the hair canvas and stabiliser under the tartan. The tartan is just along for the ride, as it were. So be sure that you go through both of these layers, and you should have no trouble.
(There are a total of four different fabrics around the waist of a traditional kilt. From outside in they are: The tartan, the stabiliser, the hair canvas and the lining fabric.)
The pipes are calling, resistance is futile. - MacTalla Mor
Originally Posted by David White
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