Now the last kilts I made I sewed for relaxation.

Really.

It was in the runup to my week away at the folk festival and I wanted to let my nails grow, for the guitar playing.

I use the same method as the Wizard, safety pins for the folds which are measured and should be kept, then straight pins for the bits that need to be held and smoothed and rejigged and tweeked and then sewn.

They are each 7 yards and required hemming - they have stripes so the fabric had to be cut selvage to selvage.

I sewed the strips together using the sewing machine - as I was sitting next to it it seemed silly not to, but all the rest was hand sewn
when watching TV.

I was glad of the yardage, as I was talked into taking a small van and found that I had to climb over the back of a seat to get into the back in order to sleep in the dry - the rain was dreadful and the mud was worse. I found I could sit up in the back, fasten a kilt around me then climb over into the front and maintain modesty. It was no matter on the nights when I drove out of town, but there were two mornings when there were people about, so a cascade of ample pleats really made a difference to how I started my day.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: