First time pleating to the sett. (Maple leaf tartan)

[Hothir Ethelnor]

I play it all the time and it happened to be lying there at the time, and I thought it looked nice enough to not clear it away...

[ccga3359]

I play it all the time and it happened to be lying there at the time, and I thought it looked nice enough to not clear it away...

I was thinking it might be for stress relief for such a complicated tartan.

[jhockin]

I am sewing it by machine but basting each pleat in place before doing so. I have found that a very small zigzag is close to hand-stitching although not quite as invisible.


Besides using a machine to stitch the pleats and not having an outside left apron buckle I am following the Art of Kiltmaking.

So, did you cut out the extra material, from the back of the pleats, before sewing the fell?

[Hothir Ethelnor]

No,

I basted the edge of the pleat and then sewed the previous pleat to it with the machine. Then I would go to the next pleat baste it, and sew the last pleat to that one and so on.

After all the machine stitching was done, I then cut out the excess fabric from the back of the pleats

[Hothir Ethelnor]

Finished.

[piperdbh]

Congratulations! That's a beautiful garment, and I hope you're very proud of it. Now all you need is a pair of shoes!

[Hothir Ethelnor]

ah yes that might help... :P

I was posing in the living room (our family doesn't wear shoes on the carpet... usually...)

[Ruanaidh]

Great tartan and great kilt. You sure do wonderful work.

[NewGuise]

Well done, sir.

[fluter]

Whoo, pretty! Well done, and you have to love that Maple Leaf.