landscaping X-Kilt

**llyd** · 2nd February 11, 01:11 PM

I am fortu.ate to have a mid seventies bernina record...one fine piece of machinery..does like twenty stitches including a hem stitch....awesome....amd i got it off a trash pile....

**Downunder Kilt** · 2nd February 11, 02:30 PM

Greater looking beater kilt. I often think I too would like such a kilt for doing jobs around the house etc. Congratulations on taking the plunge and making your own. Well done

**FinsUp** · 2nd February 11, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by Alan H

Yeah, and the more times you tell yourself that, the more strongly you believe it....

....dead wrong though you may be....

Some people don't WANT to make an X-Kilt. They'd rather buy their kilts. OK, then, no problem! There are other people who had all their fingers chopped off in logging accidents. They might not be able to make an X-kilt, either. Same goes for people who are blind. Same goes for people who live in tiny, tiny studio apartments that are the size of a closet and never, ever ever ever get out anywhere else where they might be able to beg, mooch or schmooze some space for a weekend to set up a sewing machine. Those people exist.

I guess I have to amend my previous post, though. There IS one more thing that you must have in order to make an X-Kilt.... I mean, besides access to a sewing machine. It's very simple, it costs nothing, but having this thing is priceless and will serve you well in life, generally.

you must have the self-confidence to believe that you can learn something new, and that you CAN make an X-Kilt if you try.

Ok, I am going to give it a try soon. I have access to a sewing machine, I'm going to do this.

**Eleazar** · 3rd February 11, 06:13 AM

Awesome kilt. They are addicting though, both to wear and make.

Alan,

Your plans will live in eternity, and the kilts made with them will be heirlooms. May God bless you.

I need to get back to the sewing machine again. I've been itching to make an Inverness Cape. Maybe I'll make an X-Cape... LOL I'll have to write up some plans as I go.

**tinksdad** · 3rd February 11, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by Alan H

Can you use a circular saw to cut one foot of length off a 4-foot piece of 2 x 4 lumber?

I can do it three times to the same 2X4. Coincidentally, that is the same number of X-kilts I have made so far.

**Alan H** · 3rd February 11, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by Eleazar

Awesome kilt. They are addicting though, both to wear and make.

Alan,

Your plans will live in eternity, and the kilts made with them will be heirlooms. May God bless you.

I need to get back to the sewing machine again. I've been itching to make an Inverness Cape. Maybe I'll make an X-Cape... LOL I'll have to write up some plans as I go.

I am laughing hard, here. The plans/guide have already made the rounds of the internet, have been downloaded by people with no connection to X Marks at all, and I think that's great. But "eternity"?/

As for heirlooms. I don't think so. Now, after someone makes an X-Kilt or two and then buys Barbs book and settles down and makes a drop-dead gorgeous wool kilt....now THAT might be an heirloom!

**sydnie7** · 3rd February 11, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by FinsUp

Ok, I am going to give it a try soon. I have access to a sewing machine, I'm going to do this.

Jimmy would be proud of you!

[sub-ref from another Parrothead, welcome aboard!]

**Tobus** · 9th February 11, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by Alan H

Let's get this straight...

Can you use a circular saw to cut one foot of length off a 4-foot piece of 2 x 4 lumber?

Can you use a tape measure to measure the distance between two points on the floor?

Can you solve this math problem? 22 - 8 = ????

Can you read this post?

Can you get in the car, drive to a store, and buy thread and cloth?

If you can do those things, you have the skill set to make an X-Kilt.

You're right, of course. I'm a licensed engineer. I designed and built my own barn. I'm an accomplished (non-professional) gunsmith and leatherworker. Surely I can do this!

Now for other stumbling block. Trying to convince my wife to let me use her $1,200 Bernina sewing machine that I paid for.