First Homemade tank

[isantop]

I figured I'd do this right; hand-sewn, all the trimmings (since buying one is Soooooooo expensive!) It'll also be lighter, and suitable for summer.

So we went to the fabric store and I found a bolt of black stewart PV (65% poly) that I think should do nicely. It was on sale for $5 per yard, and we bought the whole bolt. It came to 5yards, and 28 in.

At home, I layed out the pleats. It'll be knife pleated to the sett with 4.5in deep pleats (two setts per pleat, since the sett on the fabric is small). Since it's such a small sett, I'll do 4 pleats per sett, and about 15-20 total since I'm too thin for any more than that.

Here's before pics:
The length, after tearing:

(That's obviously not the whole length )
the sett (about 4.5 in. per sett.)


I'll keep updated. Maybe a possible "X-Tank" or something?

[Mipi]

Looks very much like tartan I used for my kilt. The fabric is really good. Holds the pleats and doesn't wrinkle at all. Just that I payed more then $15 per meter (double width).

Good luck, you have fine material to work with.

[Bart_In_A_Kilt]

That is the very fabric that I just ued to make my kilt. It's nice to work with and machine sews well too.

Good luck and post lots of pics durring your progress.

Is there anny more of that fabric left by you? I wiped out 2 stores by me. I'd like to find more if I could.

[isantop]

That is the very fabric that I just ued to make my kilt. It's nice to work with and machine sews well too.

Good luck and post lots of pics durring your progress.

Is there anny more of that fabric left by you? I wiped out 2 stores by me. I'd like to find more if I could.

It was a 44 inch wide bolt, so I have a piece about 19 inches wide, and 5 2/3 yards long, but I may need some of it, so I can give you that yet. Maybe afterward.

[Bart_In_A_Kilt]

It was a 44 inch wide bolt, so I have a piece about 19 inches wide, and 5 2/3 yards long, but I may need some of it, so I can give you that yet. Maybe afterward.

No.. I meant are there any more bolts left at that fabric store that you got yours from.

[isantop]

Oh. Nope, it was on clearance.

[isantop]

Well, home projects, schoolwork, and procrastination aside, I finally got it done!! 25 (small) knife pleats with 12-ish inch aprons. It fits perfectly (as well it should!) and my terrible pleating aside (which really isn't bad for a teenager's first homemade kilt...) it looks great. I like this tartan for horizontal stripe pleating, and it works on me since I'm a toothpick.

Front:


Back:


Please excuse the bare mattress and grainy cellphone pics.

[JolyStNicholas]

Very nice tartan, I do like it !

[DizzyIzzy]

Very well done!! An accomplishment worth celebrating.

[SteveB]

If this is your first sewing project of this type, you have done a superb job. The kilt looks excellent. You are fortunate to be thin. I hope the kilt will be with you for a long time to come. My nickname in school was Dixon #2, as in the school issued pencils... At 6'1", I had a 25" waist. I also wore a kilt to school.
Congratulations and enjoy the admiration when you wear it. Your craftsmanship will show.
Slainte