pinstripe kilts...any kiltmakers on board tackled one?

[george7]

After a corduroy kilt, where's the difficulty in a pin striped one?

I'll put it on my list-sometime around 2012 I'll get one done!

Be well,

Isn't that just after an election year?

...you'll get it done, but we'll have to reelect you first.

[gilmore]

WHAT SIZE WHAT SIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for stealing your thread.

Sorry, it's dark blue, not black, with white stripes.

The waist is 37"-40", 24" in length, 5 yards. 100% wool. Pleated to the stripe!

The jacket is 48" and I think it's a long. I usually wear a 46, and sometimes UK jackets in 48 fit better, but these are 48 real, American inches. It has three buttons.

The vest is 48" also, and has 5 buttons. It doesn't have the usual cut away bottom edge in the front.

It was made by Clann Crois, in Scotland.

[Bugbear]

Corduroy knife pleats sound very nice, and I guess pinstripes could look good too.

I'm starting to think about what other fabric styles or designs might be interesting for a contemporary kilt because of this thread.

* Hmmm, The Wizard does have a navy blue fabric listed in his polyester/cotton options...

It's not pinstripe, but it sounds nice, and I need to keep my mind on saving up for a tartan kilt.

I wonder what kind of pinstripes Cloves wanted...

[RockyR]

There's been lots of talk about these off and on over the years. I'm wondering if any of the kilt makers here on the boards have made one? Or if any would be willing to take on the project?

I made one for myself and had our jacket maker do up a matching jacket and vest. I wore it this past thursday and received MANY more comments than I normally do (probably b/c it's so different from a normal kilt). I have a book of pinstripe patterns here in the shop for customers who want to order one.

2 small things to keep in mind...

1. Pinstripes usually only come in 11 oz at the heaviest. I couldn't find any heavier than that (although I was told I could get it in 16 oz, all I ever found was 11 oz).
2. The bottom of (dare I say ALL pinstripe) the kilt will be hemmed. The stripes are put in 'horizontally' (running the full length of the cloth), so the kilt must be pieced and hemmed.

[cloves]

arggghhhh...so many choices....I need it by the middle of September....now who's game??? hahahahaha

[Bloody Welshman]

Alphakilts just introduced the London Kilt that's pinstriped you might
want to check them out.

Hey I just made my 1st post! And a big Hey from NE Ohio!

[cloves]

Welshman...great first post! Thanks for the suggestion and welcome to the board!

[Pleater]

Having made a couple of kilts with stripes, the fabric has to be cut from selvage to selvage to have the stripes vertical on the kilt, but it is a fairly easy make as you can count stripes and then shuffle them to get the joins in the best places, rather than having to measure and pin and remeasure and repin which is a possibility with a plain fabric.

The striped kilts caused me to fold and press the pleats one by one before sewing, in order to get the edge exactly on a thread where there was a colour change on the fold. with no other pleat or any sewing to interfere I found that it was a good idea in general.

With a non wool fabric stripes work well as it removes some of the problems with maintaining the horizontals - you still have to get the top and bottom to look level but the pattern doesn't reveal where anything in between doesn't quite match up due to the rigidity of the fibres.

The necessity of a hem due to the way the fabric has to be cut can also assist in disguising any problems with a rigid fabric.

I'm afraid I am too distant to be of much use in the actual making of a kilt, but it is not a process fraught with problems and difficulties so I hope that you can find someone to make it for you.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Bugbear]

Hmmm, I hadn't thought of how the stripes would be handled on the pleats... Would you have to make the stripes the same distance apart as the stripes on the apron, and how would the taper be handled?

[bear]

Pinstripe kilts are incredibly easy to pleat. You just count the stripes and pleat halfway between stripes.
(I made one for the the late Tom Manuel and one for Hamish, both black with red stripes in Marton Mills PV.)
As has been mentioned, it will require cutting the fabric lengthwise and stitching it together to make a length long enough for a kilt. Easy enough if again, you just count stripes.
Hem the pieces before joining them to avoid trying to hem a join. (It's just easier.)
No nasty horizontal lines to muck with, either. You have a bit of wiggle room there.
It would actually be a good kilt for a beginner because they're really quite easy to make.