When will Kilts sell for the cost of Jeans?

[Kiltman]

One has to love this forum and the quality of members and their work. I've seen both Barb and Steve work. They do work differently but quality comes out of both of their shops. Well made kilts, whether traditional tailored ones like Barb makes or contemporary ones like Steve makes, require dedication to the manufacture of kilts and dedication to the artistry required to produce these superior products. No assembly line could do it.

[Colonel MacNeal]

It depends on the jeans and depends on the kilt. Some jeans cost more than an 8 yard kilt.

[Dixiecat]

and they wouldn't be as close nor uniformly spaced as Barb's stitches

I've seen kilts produced by a very well-known local kilt-maker and I can tell you that their kilts aren't as well made as what you've just described.

[Bugbear]

I've seen kilts produced by a very well-known local kilt-maker and I can tell you that their kilts aren't as well made as what you've just described.

Oh, well, um, I'm not even going to try to make a kilt. I'm only using those stitches on jacket conversions, or when I need to adjust one of my suits. Really, for me, sewing is very draining because I have to tripple check each stitch at the needle point before I draw the thread through, where most people have a bright light and just look at where they're sticking the needle. I have made a tool with a small "V" notch at the end that lines up the exiting thread and the needle, but the thread has to have a little tinsion on it for everything to work. It's also difficult for me to do any of this and also keep tinsion on the fabric.

[Dixiecat]

Ted, I hope you weren't thinking I was criticizing your work in anyway. I'm very sorry if I gave that impression. I actually was complimenting Barb's stitching. In comparing what's been said about the closeness and evenness of her stitching, with the same from the local well-known and very expensive kilt-maker.

[Alan H]

In fact some jeans DO cost as much as a decent kilt, and they're not custom made. How on earth a mass-produced pair of jeans can cost $200 - $300 is beyond me.

Actually I know why it costs that much. It's because it has a name-designer label on it. The actual garment, instead of having a 100% markup, has about an 800% markup, all based on that little tag.

[Bugbear]

Ted, I hope you weren't thinking I was criticizing your work in anyway. I'm very sorry if I gave that impression. I actually was complimenting Barb's stitching. In comparing what's been said about the closeness and evenness of her stitching, with the same from the local well-known and very expensive kilt-maker.

Oh, no; I didn't take it that way.

I am practicing sewing each evening and getting a little better; I've only had limmited training in hand sewing,.

[CDNSushi]

Thanks for this awesome video. As you know, I teach English at a junior college in Japan...

The narrator speaks slowly and enunciates clearly so I transcribed the script and will be using it as a teaching aid in some of my classes. It'll be great to teach passive voice (...is sewn...) and numbers like "fifteen hundred."

[ali8780]

that was a great clip, thanks for the link. I wish I had one of those fabric cutters in my sewing room!