Now that I've sewn the trad kilt pleats...how do I correctly eliminate the bulk?

**Barb T** · 20th January 09, 07:07 AM

I just posted this on another thread - because its kind of buried at the end of a long thread, I thought I'd paste it here, too.

Hymo and Acro canvas are NOT heavy enough for kiltmaking.

I'm currently using Tailor's Pride, which is made by HTCW products in Georgia (the US Georgia). Their web site is

http://www.htcwproducts.net

If you contact them, they'll be able to tell you if they have UK distributors.

The Tailor's Pride that I order is the one listed here (this site also has a picture, if you've never seen hair canvas before):

http://store.sawyerbrook.com/Tailors..._p_39-103.html

It's also available at Vogue Fabrics at:

http://www.voguefabricsstore.com/sto...vas-p-840.html

Tailor's Pride is not as heavy as the stuff I used to buy that was called "red edge canvas", because there was a red stripe down one edge. But it's the heaviest I've found lately.

**Paul Henry** · 21st January 09, 09:36 AM

Barb, just so everyone in the UK knows... , the tailor's canvas/hair canvas that John Lewis sells is the right stuff, sometimes they have 2 weights of it, the heavier stuff was really good, but the moderate stuff is also fine.To be honest most of the fabric shops over here do know what tailors hair canvas is, so it seems that we are luckier with out shops than you across the water.

**a Grant** · 27th January 09, 03:27 AM

I have just received the horsehair canvas that I ordered from Bernstein & Banleys in London. It has a nice hand and is the same type of interfacing fabric I have used in fine tailoring in the past. They included a list of their assorted linings and trimmings and it is extensive.

**a Grant** · 4th February 09, 10:14 AM

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