I'm preparing to try my hand at sewing a kilt.
After reading the theory behind "The Hand-Crafted Contemporary Kilt", I know it's EXACTLY what I want.
But in my efforts to locate where to purchase it, I found what appears to be a post marking its cancellation:
https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/...04#post1392004

Mr. Ashton, is there anything I can do to convince you to sell a digital copy, if you won't be publishing it?
I would LOVE to make a kilt with "The DFF&P difference":
https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/...ry-kilt-92842/

If you're firm in your decision not to sell "The Hand-Crafted Contemporary Kilt", then I'll scour through your posts and try to piece together what I can about your methods.
But without the benefit of your experience, insight, and guidance, I know my results will be inferior to what you've come up with.

I can look at a piece of cloth and decide where to put reinforcement, where to add pockets, etc. But I don't know how the finished product will hang. I don't know how pockets will react when loaded with stuff. Maybe they'll bulge out and look unsightly, or be difficult to use, or bounce around when I'm walking. I don't know how stress is applied to a kilt. I haven't seen numerous kilts after years of wear to ascertain weaknesses in kilt designs and how to strengthen them. I don't know how a third hidden strap is placed to obviate the need of a hole in the kilt. But you understand all of these things, and more that I wouldn't even know to ask about.

To know that a master artisan has solved all of the problems I'll face, but that his knowledge is just out of reach is awful.
Obviously, the decision lies with you, and I'll respect whatever you choose. But if there's anything I can do to change your mind, please let me know.