friends don't let friends make corduroy kilts...

[vorpallemur]

new thread in hand, I've finished the two rear pockets.

first pocket's welt:



right hand pocket, all sewn up:


Both finished, and the openings basted shut:


And the piece cut out from the left hand pocket hole:


Now, off to mow the lawn. Bah.

[sydnie7]

The reason I've not done the hem is that I don't know where it's going end up. I'm doing a "jeans waist". . .[snip]

I just had a minor sewing miracle occur [snip]

I haven't tried a "sloped" kilt -- Bob can wear his pretty level -- but I always figured to put the slope into the waistband rather than the hem. Otherwise you are hemming on a slant, which is OK on some fabrics but fairly noticeable on others (and a real no-no on tartan, of course!). The Wizard was going to reveal how he does it ("I'll discuss how to actually build Slope into the waistband of your Kilt in my next post") in this thread, but hasn't gotten there yet. Such a tease

Anyway, no need to wish you luck -- you've either got all you can use, based on the "sewing miracle," or that confluence of events has already used up more than you can ever gather!

[Bugbear]

Thinking about it, it would be easier to cut down the front side of the waistband end of a kilt for slope, than to try to up hem the bottem edge and make it all work at the top. Is it even possible to do a slope adjustment with a bottom hem? I don't know...

[vorpallemur]

Thinking about it, it would be easier to cut down the front side of the waistband end of a kilt for slope, than to try to up hem the bottem edge and make it all work at the top. Is it even possible to do a slope adjustment with a bottom hem? I don't know...

Oh, sure. Heming as the last step of construction is how nearly all made-to-measure skirts and dresses are done. It allows for the correction of all sorts of oddities, both from the wearer's body shape and from the style of construction, or mistakes in fabrication. It's a pain to do with 20-some feet of hem, and 22 pleats, I'll grant.

[Bugbear]

Well, good luck with the kilt; sounds like it will be nice.

[Mipi]

Vorpallemur, I you reading my mind???

I was thinking of corduroy kilt with RevK, rear pockets and slash side pockets for some time. Must put a sort of helmet on my head to prevent leaking of my ideas . Even bought leftover of corduroy in brown (3m double width) for $4 total only. All I need now is time, while this is waiting in the backlog (2 to finish first).

Good luck and steady hand (machine). Looking good for now. Cant wait to see end result.

Regards!


Mipi

[Tartan Hiker]

Must put a sort of helmet on my head to prevent leaking of my ideas . Mipi

May I suggest the following tried-and-true model? This one even prevents aliens from gaining access to your noggin.

[vorpallemur]

Vorpallemur, I you reading my mind???

I was thinking of corduroy kilt with RevK, rear pockets and slash side pockets for some time. Must put a sort of helmet on my head to prevent leaking of my ideas . Even bought leftover of corduroy in brown (3m double width) for $4 total only. All I need now is time, while this is waiting in the backlog (2 to finish first).

Good luck and steady hand (machine). Looking good for now. Cant wait to see end result.

Regards!


Mipi

I wish I'd found fabric on sale like that!
Last night's and tonight's progress was to the front left pocket. It's located on the top of the first pleat (after the over apron)

The green thread is some basting to show the slash location on the reverse side.

Since there's only one layer of fabric here, and this is light weight fabric, I wanted to reinforce the location with another piece of fabric. I took a scrap about 1.5" wide, interfaced the wrong side, and sewed the wrong sides together:

After sewing it in place, I put another set of basting stiches along the slash line, and sewed a box a bit bigger than the slash will be. (6" X 1/4")
I neglected to take pictures of the next bit, but the welt patch gets sewn in place and cut out. It's then pressed, but not sewn down. The lining goes between the welt and the body fabric.
the pocket is made of one piece of cotton lining, hemmed to about 8 1/2" wide by 26" long. That gets folded, to form a box 8.5" by 13", with a depth below the slash of about 5 inches, which is enough to keep coins and such from falling out. I put an inner pocket on it, trimmed with the kilt fabric:

Nice thing about making your own clothes: doing the pockets they way you want them doesn't cost anything extra.
Then I laid the kilt out, and put the pocket where it's supposed to go, and marked where the slash is on it.

An inch wide piece of non-woven fusible interfacing goes on top of this mark. Then the piece is put back where it belongs, and the slash is marked on that. Then the slash is actually cut out, and put around the welt. With the aid of Elmer's washable glue stick, an iron, a couple of pins and some strong language, the lining is firmly attached to the kilt and the welt. I'm fairly certain this won't fall out.

then the pocket is sewn up on three sides, the opening basted shut, and it's done:

Now it's hidden by the over apron:

[Kiltman]

Wonderful instructions. I'm looking forward the rest.

[Bugbear]

That's interesting. How heavy or thick is that piece of non-woven fusible interfacing?