X-Kilt: Sew Your Own, manual available for download

**KiltedBrewer** · 17th February 09, 02:40 PM

As requested by Alan, here's a photo of my first x-kilt:

I've posted back and pleat shots in a separate thread.

Thanks, Alan, for your awesome instructions and thanks to all who've posted tips on the forum!

David

**akahige3k** · 28th February 09, 06:15 PM

Thank you very much! You did a great job. I made 1 x-kilt succesfully from your directions and with the learning from that one i made another kilt with 22 knife pleats and a reverse box pleat in the center. Here are a few pics.

**akahige3k** · 28th February 09, 06:18 PM

No pics! They are posted in my album.

**Downix** · 2nd March 09, 07:56 PM

Hey, thelinks don't work anymore.

**Alan H** · 2nd March 09, 10:12 PM

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

**Downix** · 3rd March 09, 08:05 AM

Thanks! Printing one up for making one... altho the price on canvas doubled since sunday at walmart so I'm a tad miffed.

**Alan H** · 5th March 09, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by Downix

Thanks! Printing one up for making one... altho the price on canvas doubled since sunday at walmart so I'm a tad miffed.

I hate it when I miss a sale!

**Dave K** · 5th March 09, 11:04 PM

First X-Kilt. Bit of a 50 yarder to me. I have received many complements from others including "Is there nothing you can't do?" I also have gotten a request to make one for another guy. I just finished a "cargo sporran" from the same material and I just need to weave the chains that will connect it to my belt (I make chain mail jewelry also). Next week I buy more fabric for another.

Thanks Alan.

**Alan H** · 8th April 09, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by Dave K

First X-Kilt. Bit of a 50 yarder to me. I have received many complements from others including "Is there nothing you can't do?" I also have gotten a request to make one for another guy. I just finished a "cargo sporran" from the same material and I just need to weave the chains that will connect it to my belt (I make chain mail jewelry also). Next week I buy more fabric for another.

Thanks Alan.

WELL DONE!!! Guid on ye, lad, that looks nice.

**Alan H** · 8th April 09, 01:36 PM

BIG NEWS:

The second edition is done. It has pictures from a number of X-Markers, with major thanks to the F-H.C.A.G. who contributed lots of them from her threads in this forum on making her own X-Kilts. Tartan Hikers great "shortcuts" are still there, of course! My thanks to sydnie7 for reviewing the text and writing a KILLER addendum on how to adapt the X-Kilt instructions to Reverse Kinguisse style.

I've also corrected the major stinker of the over-apron strip which has been the source of many questions since the first edition came out in 2006.

For now, you can download the second edition here:

http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~ahebert/Xk...t2ndedRevK.pdf

Note that the Manual, including sydnie7's super addendum is now 60 pages. It's a 40+ mbyte download, you are really getting a book, here!

Anyway, for those of you with slow connections, patience is the byword.

That URL will change to Bunchdescendents server, soon, unless the mods decide that X Marks wants to host the download.

Happy sewing!