Double check, triple check ...

[herminator]

I just started on my xmts kilt.

Usually I rip off 69 cm including a 3 cm hem.

This time I measured 66 cm total length off a finished kilt and then subtracted 3 cm because steve already had it hemmed.

I measured, double checked my measurement ... you can see where it´s going.

Now I will have to make a very wide waist band to save it!
s§!t !!

So double check your thinking too!

[Bugbear]

And make sure you think before you think.

[ChattanCat]

Been there, done that...... twice.

Maybe there is a wanting sole that needs a shorter kilt than you need. I keep it in mind just in case I can find someone in need of an X-marks kilt.

Rabble, is there anyone who can help?

[ForresterModern]

My father and I used to do some carpentry together as a hobby. We worked well together because the things he might forget or neglect I wouldn't, and vice versa. Out motto was a variation of the carpenter's motto, " Measure twice, ASK SOMEBODY ELSE TO CHECK YOUR MEASUREMENTS, then cut once." For the many years we worked on rpojects together we never screwed up a build becasue of poor measurements. WQe now have several heirloom pieces of furniture (custom cherry cradle honoring the birth of my first son, for example) to pass on down the family tree.

[sydnie7]

BT, DT but only once. . . However, once one lesson is learned the hard way, I usually find different ways to screw things up

[JolyStNicholas]

Blame it all on Senior Moments, then forget a'bout it!

[ForresterModern]

For some of us " senior moments" are turning into "senior weeks".

[piperdbh]

My father, brother and I were building one of those drive-through-when it's raining-to-let-old-folks-out-of-the-car roofs over the entry to a church once, and between us and the volunteers from the church who were there to "help", there was a lot confusion, and a measuremnet got tranferred incorrectly from the measurer to the sawyer and something got cut wrong. The preacher thought this was funny and said, "You cut it off and cut it off and it's still too short." It's not really funny when you see it in print, but it was hilarious that day.

Maybe the mis-measured tartan could be turned into a wasitcoat or fly plaid or something?

[herminator]

I will have to add a 2 inch waist band. Here in Germany nearly nobody will notice it, but I know it...

[ForresterModern]

I will have to add a 2 inch waist band. Here in Germany nearly nobody will notice it, but I know it...

good thing the tartan is symmetric so it doesn't matter whether you cut out your extra piece for the waistband in the warp or weft direction from your remnants, as the tartan lines can still be aligned, at least on the aprons (not the fell).