DIY attempt number 5

**Aspiringloser** · 26th December 11, 03:02 AM

It's 4 am and I'm finally done stitching the pleats. Stay tuned.

**tulloch** · 26th December 11, 08:40 AM

Wow. You are doing a great job!

**usonian** · 26th December 11, 08:53 AM

What Tulloch said. The pleats look perfect!

**Aspiringloser** · 26th December 11, 09:45 AM

They aren't perfect but they're good enough.

**Aspiringloser** · 26th December 11, 10:07 PM

11:00 pm, finished the join. Now it's time for the fun part, the hem. I can't wait.

It totally sucks stitching the hem.

**MT4Runner** · 27th December 11, 08:30 PM

Looking great!

I assume that by "totally sucks stitching the hem" that you're not machine sewing it?

Long, straight runs of stitching are where a machine excels!!

**cryerelizabeth** · 27th December 11, 08:35 PM

I wish I had all of that fabric!

**Aspiringloser** · 27th December 11, 10:02 PM

MT4Runner: I hate sewing the herringbone stitch but I feel it yields a hem that is superior to any machine stitched blind hem. This is just my opinion. I tried to stitch it without basting. It didn't take long to change my mind. I finished the basting and about 8 inches of the the hem tonight. I wish I had another 3 day weekend to get more work done.

cryerelizabeth: E-mail Marton Mills, they can make your wishes reality.

**Whidbey78** · 28th December 11, 02:48 AM

That's looking pretty darn good so far. I bought a kilt from Rocky in that tartan about a year and a half ago and it's one of my favorites. Excellent choice.

Mine has a nice selvedge...I assumed that all MM tartan did. Too bad it doesn't. That's a lot of hemming. You have much more patience and ambition than I!

**Aspiringloser** · 28th December 11, 05:28 AM

I actually have another piece that does indeed have a selvedge. I'm saving it for when I decide to tackle a military box pleat. It will be pleated to the double yellow on black but that is still quite some time away.