How long does it take to make a kilt?

[sutherland]

Very interesting chat on time taking, altough the pin thing has got me bugged, tailors do not use pins, they tack and baste, dressmakers use pins. Thanks had to get that off my chest.

[Hothir Ethelnor]

Very interesting chat on time taking, altough the pin thing has got me bugged, tailors do not use pins, they tack and baste, dressmakers use pins. Thanks had to get that off my chest.

I must make traditional highland DRESS then...

I use pins and basting and anything I need to to make the finished kilt accurate and well made.

[Dixiecat]

Very interesting chat on time taking, altough the pin thing has got me bugged, tailors do not use pins, they tack and baste, dressmakers use pins. Thanks had to get that off my chest.

Then you obviously don't know dressmaking....or tailoring.

[Paul Henry]

Very interesting chat on time taking, altough the pin thing has got me bugged, tailors do not use pins, they tack and baste, dressmakers use pins. Thanks had to get that off my chest.

Every dressmaker/tailor/kiltmaker/costumier works slightly differently I don't think you can say that "tailors do not use pins" some might some might not.
I admit when I was learning to sew clothes I did use a lot of pins, but as I got more experienced I found I was using fewer and fewer , but more stragedically placed!
Certainly tailor tacking is worth the effort in garment making, certainly with jackets and collars.
With kilt making I usually only pin the pleat I am sewing just to position it correctly, I don't like to have a lap full of pins all over the fabric which might be dangerous!
But when I am working out the pleat arrangements I often use pins as a temporary guide.