Minikilt for my daugther

[Oddern]

A few months ago I bought a cloth of the Royal Stuart tartan from e-bay. This cloth is also later reviewed in another thread here on the forum. The cloth was a wool blend, quit heavy, but loosely woven. It was not suited for kiltmaking but I thought I could try to make a minikilt for my youngest daughter.
As I did with my 8 yrd Lesslie kilt (Norsekilt #1), I followed the instructions from Barbs kilt making bible. I had to constantly make sure that I mirrored the steps, so aprons and pleats went the right way for a girl kilt. I discovered that it was much easier to make kilts pleated the "lady" way since I'm left-handed.

Here are some pictures of the process.











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[Oddern]

Meanwhile there were rumors among my daughter's friends, so I soon had an order for one more. And now I'll start with number 3, which will be completed before Christmas.









The front apron has two inverted pleats. I think that gives it a nice look.


I'll soon post a pic of the proud girls.

Skål!

[Heming]

Great work, well done!

[Alan H]

Very nice!

[dfmacliam]

Wow what a pappa... Good job, and I know your daughter will be bragging to all of her friends, what a talented Dad she has, who loves her so much!

[QMcK]

How short is that thing going to be? I'm struggling to picture an eight year old, but it looks pretty darn mini.

[Standard]

Good work, I'm sure your daughter will enjoy it even more knowing that you made it especially for her.

[Oddern]

Here are some pics showing the proud lassies. The girls are 10 years old but very different hight. The tall one is my daughter.

[MacKay71]

Very cute! The kilts look great!

[Mipi]

Nice kilt and lovely daughters!

(I thought the children work is not allowed, hahaha)