X-Kilt under-apron modification question

[KiltedBrewer]

I just made myself an x-kilt and I used almost exactly the same measurements you're talking about. I had an 8" overapron, and I made the underapron long enough to reach my hipbone on my left. (Sorry I don't remember the exact measurement.)

I waited to set the left edge of the underapron until I had nearly everything else done (short of adding the waistband and belt loops) so I could wrap it around myself and adjust the width of it based on how the rest of the kilt turned out.

David

[Pleater]

If you make the under apron so the edge of it is running knee to hip along the thigh bone, and with a generous pleat beneath it at the right side so that if you lift your right leg the under apron is not pulled askew, then the upper apron can be made as narrow as you like, though a similarly generous under pleat would be wise, so when you sit down there is enough material to fall between the thighs.

I suspect, from the few naughtily over exposed snapshots I have accidentally chanced upon, the photographer could have been thwarted if only there had been larger pleats each side of the apron, so that lifting a knee or squatting down would simply have opened out that pleat rather than provided an unfortunate photo opportunity.

I would suggest shaping the edges of the apron, as the bottom can appear narrower than the waist due to it hanging in a curve - something on the same lines as vertical columns looking thin in the middle if they are made exactly straight sided.

Anne the Pleater

[Kiltman]

Some of the photos that appear are fakes. But I do agree with Pleater on how one can solve the difficulty.

[Dave K]

Thanks everyone. I have begun work on my X-Kilt and will let you know how it goes. Thanks again.